Contacts

We’ve shared guides that walk through how to avoid spam callers on your iPhone, which includes blocking their numbers as a last resort. We also showed you how to block spam texts on your iPhone. But what about when the shoe is on the other foot — when you suspect that you might be the one who’s been blocked by a fellow iPhone user? Is there a way you can tell for sure, or steps you can take to get a strong indication as to whether or not your number is on another iPhone user’s Blocked Contacts list? There’s not…

Over time, your iPhone's contact list can get rather extensive. Before you know it, you're scrolling through a multitude of people you never call or text. The list gets even longer when you add other accounts to the device, like Gmail, Yahoo, and Outlook. We show you how to delete contacts on an iPhone. Removing a single contact is easy, but ridding yourself of multiple contacts requires a trip online. Delete a single contactIf you need to delete one or two contacts, this is the best way. Using this method means…

WhatsApp is found to be working on adding an option to let users hide their online status. This functionality would allow users to choose who can see when they are online on the instant messaging app. It is likely to be available in a future update. Separately, the Meta-owned company is reportedly updating the time limit to delete messages for some beta testers. The feature has been spotted in WhatsApp for Android beta 2.22.15.8, which is available via the Google Play Beta programme. WhatsApp is also said to be rolling…

A lawsuit filed by 1-800 Contacts against online retailer Warby Parker has been dismissed by a federal judge. At issue was Warby Parker’s use of 1-800 Contacts’ branded keywords to redirect searchers to the Warby Parker online store, thereby “confusing” potential customers. The decision. Kevin Castel, senior judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, ruled against 1-800 Contacts, saying that customers are unlikely to think that they’re buying from…

When was the last time you scanned through your contacts on your Android device? After migrating from device to device to device, I find that sometimes contacts can get duplicated. This could also be an issue if you've imported contacts from various sources or simply added the contact not knowing it was already there.Regardless of why you've wound up with those duplicate contacts, what do you do? Do you live with them or do something about them? If you leave them as-is, it could make your experience a bit less than…

WhatsApp has started rolling out some new privacy-oriented features to the stable version of the app on Android and iOS operating systems. While this includes a couple of new features, the most noticeable ones are the ability to hide profile photos and last seen from select contacts. Now, for those who don’t know, before this, WhatsApp only allowed users to either completely hide their profile photos or last seen or hide them from unknown numbers only. However, with the latest update, users now have a third option to hide…

Widgets are not only a perfect way to customize your iPhone's Home Screen, but some of the best widgets are the ones that help you access things on your iPhone ever faster than before. The Contacts widget in iOS 15 lets you always have your most important contacts right on your Home Screen, meaning it's super easy to call, message, or look up info about the most important people in your life on your best iPhone. Here's how to set up the Contacts widget on iPhone and iPad. How to add the Contacts widget to your Home…

Apple's upcoming iOS 16 update is set to help people tidy out their messy Contacts app by finding and then removing duplicate cards. Announced during the WWDC22 opening keynote this past Monday, iOS 16 will bring with it a number of big upgrades including changes to the Lock Screen and more. But one of the features that could be a big quality of life improvement for many is the ability to easily find and then merge duplicate entries in the Contacts app. With iOS 15 installed, iPhone owners were left to find their own…

Last updated: June 6th, 2022 at 03:46 UTC+02:00 Google Assistant’s taken its sweet time to make it to the Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, and while it might be the make-or-break app for some owners of these watches, there are also some other Google apps that haven’t been available for the Galaxy Watch 4 series all this while. Take Google Contacts, for example, which has only just now become compatible with the Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic. Yes, for those who prefer going all in with Google’s…

Switching from an Android phone to an iPhone can be a daunting experience. It's a whole different ecosystem, one that is more exclusive and tightly wound. However, there are a few ways in which you can make the transition smoother when it comes to transferring data. While the two ecosystems are completely different, a Google account can be a common space that can help you in moving your data including contacts. And, there are other tools specifically designed for this as well. Read on to know how you can transfer…