Google Has Changed How Contacts Sync On Android And People Aren’t Going To Be Happy

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Ever since I started using Android, I never really had to message people asking them for their numbers again because I lost my contacts. All thanks to Google's contact sync feature, saving numbers has become a hassle-free experience, and considering how I change my phone every year, I never have to worry about a contact not showing up on my phone because that's how good the feature works. However, the latest update has changed that, and I am sure people are not going to be happy about it.

According to the latest Google Play System, Android is going to have a very different way of synching contacts. The changelog says, "Turning off Google Contacts sync will now remove the previously synced contacts from your Android phone." This essentially means that if you turn off the sync, you will end up losing all the contacts in the phone, and you will have to turn it back on.

The new change is rolling out to all Android devices via Google Play Services v23.20, and you should see the changes soon. It does not sound like a big deal at first, especially if you have been using Android for years and know how contacts work. However, if you are relatively new to the ecosystem and, for some reason, you forget to turn on the sync or turn it off by mistake, you can find yourself in a situation, confused about where all your contacts have disappeared.

If you want to avoid being a victim of this change, simply be sure that you have contacts synced at all times because otherwise, you will see an empty contact list. If you have run into such an issue, turn on the sync or even head over to contacts.google.com, and you will see that all the contacts are listed there.

Considering how this is a core Android change, this will take place on all Android