When you buy a new Android smartphone, the contacts sync procedure was pretty simple until now. All you have to do when you start your device for the first time create a Google account or enter credentials. The system then took care of syncing your data or you can transfer your apps and settings yourself.
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As of today, “Disabling sync with Google Contacts, delete previously synced contacts from your Android phone “. Previously, when sync was disabled, your Android would stop saving new contacts added to the Google account, but would keep the ones already on the device. After that, contacts that appear on your device will only be explicitly saved contacts or transferred.
Google Contacts sync behavior has changed, check your settings
The data synchronization offered by Google is so convenient that in most cases it would be a shame not to take advantage of it. Some users, for example those with more than one smartphone, happy that they can separate their contact listsand Mountain View was probably thinking of them when implementing this new policy.
Among the innovations, as well as numerous bug fixes May 2023 Google System UpdatesNote that the connection methods available in Android Auto have been reorganized to “prioritize mobile connection by moving it over the connection option for car”. For mobile app developers, the camera now automatically zooms in for “easier scanning if the barcode is too small”. Google Play Store remains the main beneficiary of this updatefocus on data security with lots of fixes and reliability.
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