Android users can give contacts nicknames

Alex Yau

April 13, 2015

If you’re someone who loves giving all your friends and family nicknames, then you’ll want update the Google app immediately.

The latest Google app update on Android now lets you nickname your contacts and get the Google app to call them automatically using those personal tags.

Just make sure you have no strange nicknames when using the new feature in public, otherwise you might get some very funny looks.

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