The Google Phone app doesn't often receive huge updates, but a new change to the incoming call UI appears to be in the works.

The Google Phone app doesn’t often receive huge updates, but a new change to the incoming call UI appears to be in the works.

  • douglasg14b@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    And like all android updates, it’s guaranteed to be worse than it was.

    Everything’s getting shittier.

  • Skull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nlEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Can we have a setting to show phone calls as more than a weird notification? I’ve missed calls because my phone was on silent and I thought I was just getting a message.

    • SanguinePar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 days ago

      Funny, my first thought was that this would be much easier to answer by accident! Since it only requires a tap and not a swipe, it seems to me like a pocket answer or rejection would be a lot more likely to happen without the phone owner even knowing.

      • skuzz@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        5 days ago

        Yeah, pocket answers and declines would become very frequent. I already pause music and skip tracks while walking, mowing, etc.

    • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
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      5 days ago

      I use this because it has a feature that is shamefully absent from every other dialer: sending unknown callers directly to voicemail.

      Also it is hilariously difficult to decline a call on Google dialer.

      • kenopsik@lemm.eeEnglish
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        5 days ago

        Also it is hilariously difficult to decline a call on Google dialer.

        It’s as simple as swiping down on the screen. I agree it’s a little under-sensitive if you try to swipe down from the circle with the icon at the bottom. But you can swipe down from anywhere on the screen and it will decline the call.

        • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
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          5 days ago

          It’s as simple as swiping down on the screen.

          Its not though. Swipe down and nothing happens.

      • 8Bitz0@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        5 days ago

        I dunno what you’re talking about. Stock dialer has it for me.

        Apple iOS Settings app showing “Silence Unknown Callers” toggle

        Bad jokes aside, is this really not a standard feature? I would’ve thought this would’ve been more common.

    • zerozaku@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 days ago

      What is it?

      Edit: I just searched about it and wow. Didn’t know we have alternative to SimpleTools available already. I have been using the old Simple Notes despite the news of its acquisition out of laziness and not it’s the time to switch. Thanks.