We are always looking for new features, large and small, on Google services, and Google qualifies as small. But that doesn’t make it any less useful. It looks like Google Contacts is launching a new feature that will allow users to change their Google Account profile picture.
The feature is simple and allows users of Google Contacts to touch their photos and then choose a new image. Simple. Changing your Google Account profile picture is reflected in all Google products, including Photos, Gmail and more. This lets contacts know who is emailing them and also remembers when you are signed in to your account.
Before, you could only change your photo through your Google Account. This streamlines the process and makes it much more convenient. In fact, Google added the same functionality to Google Photos apps, allowing users the ability to set up a Google Account profile image from the app.
We already saw this functionality when it was being tested in Google Contacts 3.31, but it is now available in Google Contacts 3.38. Changing your profile picture may not be something you do every day, but we’re not complaining that Google made it easier. And it is always a good practice to have a more current profile picture, especially if you are sending a lot of commercial emails.
When we first saw this new feature, we also saw strings of code that suggested Google Contacts for Android was testing a new garbage feature. The feature was previously launched in Google Contacts for the web in July 2020 and works in a similar way to the Google Photos trash feature.
As soon as you delete a contact, it will be placed in the trash instead of disappearing permanently. You can then choose to restore the contact or just leave them there.
The new feature to allow you to change your Google Account image should now be available in the newest Google Contacts app for Android.