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

Pixel 9 Pro user - Incoming phone calls don't display whatsoever, however, the ringer works perfectly. So by the time I dig through multiple screens to answer the phone, the call is gone. It's apparent that some of these updates aren't vetted prior to pushing them out to the user since this isn't an isolated issue. Messaging features were goofed up too. C'mon Google, this is your platform, your phone, and your apps, get better at this or get out of the device business. It's getting old.

I'm not sure what happened after this most recent update the other day but my app took 4 hours to tell me I had a voice mail from a missed call. I saw the call I missed and all as it wasn't a recognized number and just assumed they didn't bother to leave a voicemail but 4 hours later the notice came in. well I go to listen to it and I can't for the life of me get it to load and calling the voicemail itself asks for a pin I've not ever set up so that doesn't help..

You changed everything again and now sucks even more. I don't like having to look for my contacts. Instead of a button on the bottom to click on. I don't like how the phone face turns sideways now and have to flip it back to hang up. Even though the phone IS already upright. Settings has nothing available to keep it upright like it use to be without needing to look into settings. Now instead of grouping the contact calls together it's all spread out. How is this now better?

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.