Phone by Google

Google LLC

About this app

Google’s official phone calling app is now available to download for the first time. Phone helps you easily connect with family and friends, block spam callers, and know who’s calling before you answer – all with a simple, intuitive design.

Powerful spam protection
See warnings about suspicious callers that help you avoid unwanted calls from spammers, telemarketers and scammers. Block numbers to prevent them from calling you again.

Know who’s calling you
Google’s extensive caller ID coverage lets you know the business that’s calling so that you can answer with confidence.

No more waiting on hold ^{1, 5}
Hold for Me lets you go back to your day. If a business puts you on hold, Google Assistant can wait on the line for you and let you know when someone is ready to talk.

Screen unknown callers ^{1, 2}
Call Screen answers unknown callers, filters out detected spammers without interrupting you, and helps you learn more about callers you don’t recognize before you pick up.

Visual voicemail ^{1, 3}
Check your messages without needing to call your voicemail – view and play them in any order, read transcriptions, and delete or save them right from the app.

Call recording ¹
Record your phone calls to capture important information for reference later. Everyone hears a disclosure when the recording starts so they’re aware, and recordings are saved on your phone.

Intuitive design
Our simple, lightweight design keeps your favorite people just a tap away. Plus, switch to dark mode to save battery and reduce eye strain at night.

Emergency support ^{1, 4}
See your current location when you make an emergency call, and share information about the assistance you require, along with your location, to the emergency operator without speaking.

Phone app is available on most Android devices running Android^™ 9.0 and above.

Also available for Wear OS.

¹Available only on some devices that have Phone pre-installed.
²Manual screening is not available in all languages or countries. For more information, see g.co/help/callscreen. Automatic screening is available in the US only, English only. Call Screen may not detect all spam calls.
³Transcription is available in the US only, English only.
⁴Available in Australia, United Kingdom and the US only, English only.
⁵Available in the US only, English only. Pixel 2+ devices only. Toll-free numbers only. May not detect every on-hold scenario.

Ratings and reviews

Phone app is completely unreliable and untrustworthy since I upgraded to Android 15 (Moto mobile). The most pressing issue is Phone blocks calls from unknown numbers. I have checked EVERY possible setting. I have followed countless troubleshooting guides. IT is NOT my network provider who don't have such a setting. It IS a problem with the phone app. I bet Google will gaslight me and blame everything else. This is an issue on two android phones with different network providers. The app is buggy

The app has changed. It no longer groups the contacts call history into a uniform display and instead give you a log of everytime they call. Making the app and screen look very cluttered. Also makes finding the last time a particular contact who doesn't call often more difficult to locate. There is no setting to regroup the contacts into 1 log and checking the call log history from there. Instead we are forced to see a time and date for that contact every call, incoming or outgoing.

Ever since the recent update to the Phone UI it has become nearly unusable. Please please please give us back the previous UI! The new UI is so hard to navigate that I find myself deciding to not bother calling my friends and family so I don't have to experience the frustration of attempting to navigate it. my phone has gone from a handy tool for connecting with people to an exercise in stress and annoyance.

What’s new

With our latest update to Call Screen on Pixel devices in the US, the Google Assistant now helps you automatically screen unknown callers and filter out detected robocalls before your phone ever rings. And when it’s not a robocall, your phone rings a few moments later with helpful context about who is calling and why.