Google will link the phone number and photo from Google+

According to the record of one of Android engineers, Atilla Bodis (Atilla Bodis), his team is working on improving the functionality of the regular dialer of the system: in particular, at the very beginning of next year, a photo from the Google+ account will be associated with a phone number, which, according to the idea, should have a positive impact on the comfort of the participants in the conversation.

In fact, we are talking about the fact that if a person has a confirmed phone number, for example, for two-factor authentication (you can find out here ) on Google, all recipients of his calls will see a photo from the corresponding Google+ account, if with a contact already no other image is associated.

At the moment, it is not quite clear whether the connection of the number with Google+ is installed by default (it is believed that this will be the case) so that the “find a person with this phone number on Google+” functionality does not suffer. Or, obviously, in the account settings should appear the corresponding option with the ability to prohibit the sharing of photos and phone numbers. Whether the latest version of Android KitKat is required for the new “feature” is also unclear.

Now at KitKat there is already something similar: when calling from an unknown subscriber, Android will try to identify it through the Google Maps database, if it is registered with any company.
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