Overview

• The Google Phone app now merges Favorites and Recents into a Home tab, moves the keypad to its own tab, and tucks Contacts into a navigation drawer.
• Incoming calls default to a horizontal swipe-to-answer or decline, though users can switch back to single-tap in Settings under Incoming Call Gestures.
• Many users say the redesign arrived without a manual update and criticize larger, blocky controls; reverting generally requires uninstalling updates from the Play Store.
• Google TV version 4.39 introduces a Material 3 Expressive refresh with a new Hot & New tab and a full-page phone remote, but the remote’s long‑press Select is broken in this release.
• Additional rollouts include Pixel Weather, Recorder, Buds, Calculator, Keep, Photos and more, with changes such as larger labeled buttons and containerized layouts reaching Pixels and select older phones.