Google Phone app passes 500 million installs on Play Store

[Ockie]

Google's phone dialer application started off as a Pixel-exclusive replacement for the AOSP Phone app, but it has made plenty of appearances on devices from other companies, and Google even started allowing most people to download it from the Play Store. Now the app has passed a new milestone, according to the Play Store: 500 million installations.

Since the Google Phone app is a core system-level application in most cases, the bulk of that number is coming from pre-installations. In addition to Nexus/Pixel phones, the app has also appeared on select devices from Nokia, Asus, Motorola, Xiaomi, Microsoft, and other manufacturers. Google only started allowing it to be downloaded manually in April of this year, with an expanded rollout happening in August.

Google Phone app passes 500 million installs on Play Store

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[Ockie]

I have it installed and set as default dialer instead of the stock dialer that comes with Lineage. Built in Spam warning is lekker. Dont have to worry about having to install a second app like Truecaller for Spam warning.

 

[|tera|]

Yep, as the article said many manufacturers have it preinstalled.
It's default on my Xiaomi Redmi-Go.
To be honest it's not that way out or different than older Android devices.
A spoeg en plak attempt IMHO.

 

[Ockie]

Yep, as the article said many manufacturers have it preinstalled.
It's default on my Xiaomi Redmi-Go.
To be honest it's not that way out or different than older Android devices.
A spoeg en plak attempt IMHO.

Spoeg en plak attempt? Really? I prefer it over the stock dialer (I also replaced my Samsung's stock dialer with Google Phone).

What in your view would make it a worthy contender? Genuinely curious.

Oh, Google is also enabling call recording on it, but only in certain markets for now. That is a feature I have seen trending in the Android section because apparently you cant get call recording easily anymore since Android 9?

 

[Geoff.D]

Google Phone app passes 500 million installs on Play Store

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How many of those are "forced" installs and how many are uninstalled as soon as the sucker finds it?

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

is this any better as a default phone program?
dont trust google as far as I can throw them.

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[Gordon_R]

LOL, average rating 3.8 on Google Play...

 

[Aghori]

I miss the old dialler where we could record calls.