What you need to know
- Google Phone app may soon add WhatsApp call log in addition to system call log.
- User X who installed the beta versions of WhatsApp and the Google Phone app saw the feature in development.
- It’s still not clear if this is a bug or a real feature we might see soon.
New leaks reveal that Google Phone may soon add a handy feature that lets users see their WhatsApp call history right in the phone app.
As noticed by X user Kishore Krishna, the Google Phone app on his phone started displaying WhatsApp call logs along with regular calls from the dialer app. The feature has been present for some time on Apple iPhone devices, and the Google Phone app that opted for it looks interesting.
Google Phone has started displaying WhatsApp calls in the iPhone-like phone dialer app. @MishaalRahman @AndroidAuth @androidcentral @Android pic.twitter.com/mmahtYvcHwMarch 6, 2024
Krishna further says that he found the feature while using both beta versions of Google Phone (version 124.0.608164421-public beta) and WhatsApp beta (version 2.24.6.6). It is still to be determined which app update of the two enabled the feature for X users to display WhatsApp call history on the native phone app.
Mishaal Rahman further notes that Google has allowed third-party calling apps to record their call logs within the default system call log since Android 9. However, few apps have taken advantage of this. With WhatsApp using the feature, things could change among such apps, including video conferencing apps like Zoom and Microsoft Teams.
While the feature appears to be in testing phase, some users who responded to the above posts for Krishna and Rahman indicated that they also noticed the call log feature in their Google Phone app. Another user commented that he saw the Google Voice call and logged into the dialer app, which is interesting.
Users in the comments have mixed reactions about this feature as some of them find it useful while others feel that it could make the otherwise clean Google Phone app quite cumbersome.
It is still not clear if Google is beta testing the feature for all such apps or if it is just a WhatsApp bug. Judging by the wider perception of users, this could soon be possible.