Google to removes limit on home screen Contacts widget (APK teardown)

Google Contacts app logo (1)

Credit: Adamya Sharma / Android Authority
  • The Google Contacts home screen widget could soon get an update removing a pointless restriction.
  • Google is also making a sensible change to the widget, which will now display contact names instead of just profile avatars.

Google is tweaking its contacts app to remove a restriction related to the favorite contacts home screen widget. Google introduced the widget last year, and it currently allows users to see up to seven top-starred contacts on their home screen. However, Android Authority contributor Assemble Debug has discovered that Google is now getting rid of this constraint.

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