Google announced its new cleaner, simpler and improved Contacts page.
Google is set to preview a new version of Google Contacts that will facilitate the service. TechTimes notes, out of the numerous Google products such as Chrome, Maps, Calendar, Search, Google+, Hangout and Gmail, people probably use at least a few of them. The new platform available in preview form, Google Contacts, will centralize all your contacts from various Google applications into one place.
Google released a preview of the new Google Contacts on the Official Gmail Blog. The new Google Contacts makes it simpler to keep track of known people and also get the info a user need. The new Google Contacts sports a fresh look and feel and makes pooling all your contact together, a piece of cake.
Mashable noted that the new Google Contacts will facilitate users to find connections and keep contact information up-to-date. In order to create a more streamlined experience, contact information will be synced across Google+ and Gmail. Not only that, Google Contacts will automatically pull in information such as job titles, addresses and phone numbers from your contacts Google+ profiles.
Product manager Sean Purcell announced the upgrade on the official Gmail Blog. Although Google Contacts is only available in desktop, Purcell says they hope to release a mobile app version soon.
The announcement follows head of products Sundar Pichai's announcement at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Monday that Google+ may well be broken up into the sum of its parts. It's no surprise that Google+ has largely been regarded as a flop, Pichai however claims Google+ was successful at making users to login before using a Google product. The search engine giant has personalized its product to each user, and, of course, collect personal data in the wake of the spread of Google account.
Do you think this is Google's first move in the dismantling of Google Plus? Although it looks simpler and clean, do you think another platform to store a contact list is really needed? Let us know in the comments below!
