Before, if you used Google Contacts and wanted to change your profile picture, it was impossible, or rather, it was a more complicated process. To change your picture in Google Contacts, you had to go into your browser on your computer and change it in your Google account. Google. Now, a new update to the service makes things much simpler.

It's certainly not a revolution, but it makes life easier for those who use the app. Basically, when you click on your profile picture, a camera will appear, where you can select another photo from the gallery, take a new one or just remove the current one. After the process, your contact will have the new image. The question that remains is why Google took so long to implement this simple shortcut.

The discovery was made by XDA Developers, the feature began to be tested in version 3.31 of the app, but only became available to all users in version 3.38. Initially, the function was tested in the web version of the service.

Changing your Google photo via Google Contacts

As we mentioned, to change your photo on Google Contacts It was necessary to change the photo on your Google account. Now, if you change the photo in Google Contacts, it will also be changed in Gmail and other services. The ability to change the photo on your Google account has also been included in Google Photos. With the new option, the user has more customization options. It is also expected that this will be extended to other products from the giant.

Google also announced another new feature in its apps this week. The Google Fit will receive an update that will allow it to measure your heart rate using only your cell phone camera.

In the announcement, the company demonstrated that the idea is to make this type of measurement more accessible. A small portion of the population has smartwatches, but Android phones are everywhere, and the intention of the new update is to spread this to a wider audience.

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