Google Contacts replaces ‘Fix & manage’ tab with new ‘Organize’ tab

The Google Contacts app has three tabs at the bottom of its interface – Contacts, Highlights, and Fix & manage. In the upcoming update, Google is replacing the Fix & manage tab with the Organize tab.

This change was first noticed and shared by AssembleDebug about a month ago. At that time, this change was under testing and was enabled with a flag (45621130). Now, Google has started the public rollout of this feature in the app version 4.29 for Android.

Tools are more descriptive in the Organize tab

All the tools in the Fix & manage tab were in a 2×4 grid format and did not provide much information about what a particular tool would do. However, in the new Organize tab, the tools have been arranged in a list format, with each tool providing a brief description of its functionality.

For example, the Emergency contacts tool comes with the description, “Choose who others can call using your phone’s safety app.” This concise description gives an idea of what to expect when tapping on this tool. Similarly, the Bin tool description states, “Recently deleted Google Account contacts,” indicating that accessing this tool will display all recently deleted account contacts.

Furthermore, the Organize tab has two sections — Google and This Device. In the Google section, you will find options such as Merge and fix, Reminders, Emergency contacts, Family group, Restore contacts, and Bin. In the This Device section, options include Contacts ringtones, Manage SIM, Import from file, Export to file, Blocked numbers, and Settings.

There is also a search field in the Organize tab

You also have a search field in the Organize tab to match the Contact and Highlights tabs. This means you can search for your contact from the Organize tab, which was previously only possible from the Contacts and Highlights tabs.

Google Contacts is one of those Google apps that doesn’t receive major updates frequently. However, it seems like Google is now paying attention to their Contacts app. It wasn’t too long ago that Google rolled out Contacts ringtones in Google Contacts. And now, by replacing the Fix & manage tab with the Organize tab, Google is indicating that they have big plans for their Contact app.