Our take
This isn’t exciting, but it doesn’t need to be. Backing your address book up to your Google account and being able to pull it back after a phone swap is worth more than any theming a competitor app could add. It’s boring in the way infrastructure should be.
About Contacts
Back up and sync your contacts across all your devices • Keep your contacts safely backed up to your Google Account • Access your contacts from anywhere you’re signed in, including your next phone • Recover contacts deleted in the last 30 days from Trash
Keep your contacts organized and up to date • View your contacts by account (such as work or personal) • Easily add contacts and edit information like phone numbers, emails, and photos • Get help merging duplicate contacts, adding useful details, and more
Connect with the people who matter most • View highlights, like upcoming birthdays and anniversaries • Add notifications so you never miss a special day • Easily access contacts you recently added or viewed
Also available for Wear OS, including a favorite contacts tile, individual contact tile, and contact complication
Verdict: The default contacts app for a reason: reliable sync, real recovery options, and it's already on your phone.
Additional information
- Developer
- Google LLC
- Updated on
- Jul 16, 2026
- Version
- Varies with device
- Downloads
- 5,000,000,000+
- Content rating
- Everyone
- Requires Android
- Varies with device
- Released on
- Dec 7, 2015
- Category
- Communication
- Offered by
- Free (with ads / in-app items)
