Google adding a slightly useful call lookup feature
Google is adding the ability to look up phone numbers from your call log. Don’t get too excited, the lookup returns the same thing you’d get if you googled the phone number which means you’ll get the usual array of advertisements for a super lookup service and spam if the number was not found.
This has not rolled out to my phone yet, but it looks promising and would save me a step when figuring out if I actually receive any legitimate calls.
According to 9to5Google the update is server side, and is appearing on some Pixel phones now. It’s just a button that searches the number for you directly from the call log, so not groundbreaking tech and could easily come to every manufacturer out there.
Does not appear that you can look up the number while the phone is ringing, which is a letdown. A call indicator with name, number, and a quick google snapshot of what the search would look like if you clicked it would be immensely helpful and we’re way beyond the days when voice and data couldn’t happen at the same time on a cell phone.
Once again it’s a start toward something good.
[9to5Google]
