Nowadays, there are an infinite amount of apps that make our lives more efficient and allows us to do our daily activities faster. You are able to view and save all your contacts from your smartphone and backed up in your Google account in case you lose, damage, or change your cellphone. However, updates occur frequently and rearrange the layout of the icons, that can make certain tasks a bit challenging. Thus, let’s show how to open Gmail contacts and how to access them.
How to Open Gmail Contacts
You are able to do open your Gmail contacts, either through your phone, tablet, or computer, making it quite handy if you are in a rush to search for a specific person at work or at the comfort of your home.
Phone or Tablet
You open your Google contacts from your home screen following the next steps:
- Login into your Gmail account.
- Once inside, search for the “Navigation” icon on the top-left corner and tap it.
- Scroll down the column and search for “Contacts”.
- Tap it and you are in.
Additionally, you can download the “Google contacts” app in your smartphone, where you can directly open your contacts, without entering through your Gmail account.
Desktop or PC Laptop
Opening your Google contacts on your computer may be difficult if you do not know where to look. You follow the next instructions:
- Login into your Gmail account.
- It is no longer located at the navigation on the left side of your screen.
- Instead, search for the “Google apps” icon on the top-right corner of your screen, next to your Profile icon.
- Search for the “Contacts” logo and tap it.
- The page will charge and display all of your contact information.
There are certain shortcuts you can utilize once you are already signed in your Gmail account on a trusted device, such as:
- On your predetermined browser URL, type the following link: https://contacts.google.com/ and press enter. It will take you directly to your Google contacts.
- Use the following keyboard shortcut (G + C) to access your Contacts list.
Features
You are allowed to do many certain tasks on your Google contacts list. You can create a new contact, edit a previous one, or delete it. Additionally, Google’s smart interface can provide important suggestions, like merging contacts with duplicates or updating information about specific contacts. You can access this option by tapping on the “Navigation” icon on the top-left corner of your phone screen or on the left column of your computer screen.
Other important features include:
- Creating groups of specific contacts and labeling them to your specific needs, such as family, business/work. high school friends, or parents. This will allow you to organize your contacts for easier searching and even send a broadcast email to all the contacts in that group.
- View your frequent contacts and be displayed at the top of the list for easier access.
- Import contacts from a previous CSV file to include them.
- Backup all of your contacts in a CSV file and export that file for safekeeping or transferring that data to another cellphone.
- Connect with Google+ and add your circle on the list
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