Google Contacts is working on a ‘Besties Widget’ [APK Insight]

Google Contacts simply up to date the Particular person contact widget with the flexibility to display notifications, and it’s now readying a “Besties Widget.”

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Google launched the “Favourite contacts” widget last year to show as much as seven folks. Tapping merely opens their full particulars web page, with the flexibility to resize it at will. 

Model 4.35 reveals work on a “Besties Widget.” As of what we enabled at this time, it has the identical precise structure because the Favourite widget and exhibits starred contacts. It additionally shares the identical description and replaces the prevailing providing. 

That may change as growth continues, whereas it’s not totally purposeful at this time.

Having widget growth occur on the app — as a substitute of system — stage ought to permit for extra updates. For instance, the brand new Particular person contact widget would possibly as properly exchange Android’s Conversations widget. 

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