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

The "contacts" tab is so small and at the top of the phone. It should be at the bottom with EVERYTHING else. why was it permanently MOVED!?! This is what happens whenever you fix things that aren't broken 🤦🏻. IS it possible to make a setting so we can put it back down at the bottom?? this would be the best app on the market. PLEASE? im Begging you, just like you have in your screenshots, that's all I'm asking for.

This was a great app, until the last update. before it would prevent spam from ringing thru, I could see them calling but it didn't ring. Now it rings, this has woken me up several times, I have restarted the phone a few times, nothing has worked. Also it is hard to hear people calling me and putting it on speaker doesn't help. I've never had this much of a problem b4

Needs work. Not fully optimized for Folding phones, contacts on the left side of the inner(bigger) display partially blocked and not visible, you can't expand that section. Needs better unwanted calls filter, like option to block toll-free numbers, which are widely used by scammers to bypass spam filters. No option to chose "hangup" or "send to voicemail" for blocked calls. Missing some helpful features like "slide to call"(up/down or left/right). No picture or video theme options.

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.