Phone by Google

Name: Phone by Google
Rating: 4.466963 (39791588 reviews)
Author: Google LLC

Reliable phone calls with spam protection, caller ID and more helpful features

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Phone by Google is the official phone app designed to enhance your calling experience on Android devices. It offers powerful spam protection by warning you about suspicious callers and allowing you to block unwanted numbers. The app provides extensive caller ID coverage so you can identify businesses before answering.

Additional key features include 'Hold for Me', where Google Assistant waits on hold for you, and 'Call Screen', which answers unknown calls and filters out spammers. Visual voicemail lets you read transcriptions and manage messages easily. You can also record calls with consent notifications, switch to dark mode for comfort, and access emergency support that shares your location when calling for help. The app is compatible with most Android devices running version 9.0 and above, including Wear OS.

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By:

Google LLC

Downloads:

4,244,604,084 21.50M

Rating:

4.47

(39,791,588) 195,846 new ratings

Version:

181.0.774972185-downloadable Last updated: 2025-07-16

Version code:

18787963

Creation date:

2015-12-07

Permissions:

android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
android.permission.ACCESS_NOTIFICATION_POLICY
android.permission.ACCESS_RCS_USER_CAPABILITY_EXCHANGE
android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
android.permission.ALLOW_ANY_CODEC_FOR_PLAYBACK
android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT
android.permission.BROADCAST_CLOSE_SYSTEM_DIALOGS
android.permission.CALL_PHONE

Size:

33.97MB

Email:

ap*****@google.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Google Play Store

Data ingested on:

2025-07-17

Ranking

# 36

Other rankings

#52 in Android wear (Free) ▼ 1

#1 in dial keyword 49 ▲ 1

#1 in phone keyword 16

#7 in app keyword 36

#8 in default search keyword 28 ▲ 1

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User reviews

Pros

Cons

Visual voicemail frequently malfunctions and is unreliable after updates.
Call functionality issues such as not being able to receive or make calls reliably.
Notifications for calls and voicemails can become disabled without user input.
Loss of previously useful features such as search function for calls and call history.
Unsupported SIP calling on certain devices like Pixel 8.

Recent reviews

Visual voicemail no longer functions after updating the Phone by Google app on my Moto Edge+ 2022. This has been going on for months and months now with no fix supplied by Google. If I uninstall all updates to the app visual voicemail functionality returns. Still true after the 01/30/2025 update. I sent feedback to Google regarding this problem. I did not receive any response. Totally frustrating.

La*****, 2025-02-04

Good app, works great w/my Pixel, but the assistant call screening option hasn't worked for over a year now, no matter what. The assistant option to answer and screen possible spam calls never comes up, despite being set to do so. [UPDATE] This is STILL an issue in Android 15, there's people everywhere with this issue, nothing works! I've finally cleared everything, all data/storage, and reinitiated call screening setup... Still NOTHING!! I guess it's too much to expect that it will work again.