Whereas Google Contacts is in any other case instance of a contemporary Materials You app, my one design quibble has been the blocky scroll bar. This has lastly been addressed as a part of a broader tweak to the primary Contacts tab. 

Beforehand, the scroll bar within the Contacts tab that appeared as you navigated by way of the listing was rectangular and comparatively large (relying on web page size) with a persistent observe as you moved by way of the web page. Relationship again to older variations of Android, It appeared misplaced with the equal Contacts listing within the Telephone app that featured a thinner, extra fashionable design.

Google Contacts now makes use of a pill-shaped scroll bar that has Dynamic Coloration theming (just like the one within the Pixel Launcher’s app drawer) with no observe container. One fascinating distinction to the Telephone app model is how the scroll bar goes all the way in which down as an alternative of ending simply above the FAB. 

Previous vs. new

In the meantime, one other change to Google Contact is how the primary letter column has been eliminated and built-in into the primary listing. Because the separation is now much less obvious, you could be utilizing the scroll bar a bit extra.

It’s a extra inline and edge-to-edge design, however most entries aren’t that lengthy to essentially profit. That stated, you might need some enterprise names that do stretch.

The overflow menu has additionally been faraway from the search bar. Simply long-press on a contact to “Choose,” whereas “Choose all” might be accessed after that.

This contemporary scroll bar and tweak to the primary listing is rolling out as a server-side replace (Pressure cease from App information) with model 4.42 of Google Contacts.