Google Phone App Beta Now Available on Most Android Phones
Aug. 12, 2020Google’s Phone app is one of the neat dialer apps out there. Googleadded Phone app support for a few non-Pixel phonesearlier this year in April and now,the app is available to download on most Android phones part of Google Phone’s beta program.
As first spotted byAndroid Police, Google is currently limiting the wider availability of Google Phone app to beta users. You canjoin the beta programto download the app right from Play Store.
If you’re not part of the Google Phone beta program, you will see a ‘Your device isn’t compatible with this version’ error. Hence, if you are interested to start using Google Phone right now, you should probably sign up for the beta program before it gets filled.Google Phone vs. Google Phone beta
After installing the app, you will have toset it as the default dialer appto start using it. You won’t be getting Pixel-exclusive features such as Call Screen with this installation. Also, do note that you might face occasional hiccups when you’re using Google Phone beta. We could expect Google to make the app available in the stable version soon, although a timeline regarding the availability remains unclear.
It is worth keeping in mind thatyou may not find Google Phone from a searchon the Play Store. Instead, you will have to access the app through itsdirect link. You could also perform a quick Google search with ‘Google Phone’ as the keyword to get the app’s link from the search results.
Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.
