Google Phone app to get Search to identify unknown numbers on Android

The Google Phone app on Android is about to get a new feature called Search. It was seen in beta version 127.0.620688474, and its main goal is to help you identify unknown callers. But it's not a replacement for Truecaller, a phone book app with a built-in caller ID lookup feature.

For those wondering, the caller ID feature By Truecaller It can display the caller's name, location and other relevant information. Naturally, all this information about the caller should be present in the Truecaller database, which the application collects from registered users, from the community and from social networks. Instead, the Search function in the Google Phone app works differently.

It does not show you any information about the incoming call before you receive it. Instead, it lets you do a quick search after the call using apps that can handle online searches. Yes, this is something you can do manually by copying and pasting the number into it Browser. So, the new Google Phone app feature on Android basically saves you a few steps.

In this sense, you are less likely to get information about personal phone numbers on Google. This means that the 'Search' function is mainly there to help locate companies whose contact details have been indexed in the search engine. Therefore, Android apps like Truecaller will not be affected by this new feature.

As for when Google will launch this feature in the stable version of its phone application, it has clearly been available in Japan since last month, and could see a global rollout next month.

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