When we enter the agenda of our Android or iPhone mobile, it is quite possible that we find countless contacts without a photo. This can even lead us to doubt if we have several people saved with the same or similar name. Although for many this may not be a problem, for many other people it is. For this reason, it is preferable to have an image that makes it easier for us to recognize at a glance who is calling us or to whom we are going to send an SMS.
Over time there are many of us who have adapted to new technologies, where each profile has a capture that defines the people or companies that we have saved on the phone. Both in WhatsApp and Instagram or any other social network we have this functionality. However, on Android or iPhone we have to be the ones to put the image according to our tastes.
And to solve this small inconvenience we will show you an extra trick with which you can add a snapshot and even export it from WhatsApp to that person’s profile that you have saved in your agenda.
Add images to your contacts
Distinguishing the people that we are saving among the contacts in our agenda is very easy. The main mistake we usually make is not to put a photo. More than anything, because tomorrow we may forget who exactly she was or even confuse her with someone else.
For this reason, the best way to avoid it is to add photos to phone contacts . If you don’t know how to do it, don’t worry, because we will tell you the steps that you must follow both on your iPhone and Android mobile.
On your Android mobile
Adding an image to contacts is a very simple task on Android, where we initially have to enter ‘ Contacts ‘ or the Phone application of our mobile.
Within the list of available contacts, we have to touch one of them and then touch the pencil, the options to edit it or the Edit contact button . And it is that, depending on the customization layer or the Android version, there will be some steps or others. In any case, we will have to find that pencil or editing option located within each person that we have saved in the phone’s agenda. In addition, the process is identical on all Android phones.
Once we have the option to edit located, we can now touch on the capture to add any image from our gallery. Or, even, it will let us take a photo at that very moment, so if you are going to save a contact of a person in front of you, take advantage and tell him to pose for his profile on your smartphone.
In case we have a photo of these people we can add it and thus easily recognize who is calling us. We will have to repeat this same process with each contact , unless you prefer to opt for the following option that we explain to you.
When we click on an image or take a photo, we will go to the corresponding edition in which we can choose its size, as well as whether we want to rotate the snapshot. Finally, we must click on the Save button. And if we change our minds and we don’t like the result, we must click on the capture > Delete.
on your iPhone
The good thing about Apple‘s operating system is that we find different ways to be able to add an image to iPhone contacts.
Not only do we have the classic option, just like on Android, of entering the Phone app > Contacts > selecting a saved number > Edit > Add photo (either by taking an image at that moment or from the gallery), but also We have a slightly different way.
In the case of the iPhone , we can update the images of our contacts from the mobile Photos application itself, that is, from the phone’s reel.
In addition, it will be as easy as searching for a photo in the gallery, clicking on it and touching the Share option > Assign to a contact . When you choose the person, you can zoom the image so that it is fully framed.
The last option offered by iOS will be going directly to the Contacts application that we will find in the app drawer. Once inside, we must follow the same steps that we told you in the Telephone tool.
Import them from WhatsApp
An alternative option so that all our contacts in the agenda have an image is by importing the photo they have in WhatsApp , the most popular messaging service with the most users. The main drawback is that it is only available for mobiles with the Google operating system and there is no option for iPhones.
To put the image to our contacts on Android from WhatsApp we will use the Contacts photo Sync application that we can download for free in the Play Store:
The process begins once we have installed the app, since we will have to give it access permissions to the contacts, as well as to the gallery and other sections. Then, we will access the app and we will find a wide list of contacts where we have to follow the following steps:
- First of all we have to touch on any contact so that it requests a special permission through accessibility.
- We touch on the name of the application and then on allow we will have already completed the process.
- Next, we choose a contact to start with and then tap start import .
- During the process we will see how the image of our contact opens on WhatsApp and in a few seconds it is completed.
- We can repeat this same process with each user or use the download button at the top to do it with everyone.
What advantages does it have
Putting a photo to the contacts of our phone will be important as long as we want to clearly distinguish some people from others . We may not want, or do not have, images for everyone, since it is a simple acquaintance or someone we have been interested in saving on our smartphone. But, without a doubt, adding a snapshot will come in handy at all times.
Basically, because when you assign an image, the next time that contact calls us or we want to send them a message, it will appear full screen along with their name or we will see it while we write the SMS. In this way, we will not only be able to identify the call, but also know who we are going to write to and if we are not making a mistake.
Although there are other small advantages that derive from putting a photo . More than anything, because if we enter different parts of the operating system, be it Android or iPhone, we will see a thumbnail in which the image that we had established will appear. As would be the case with FaceTime or iMessage on iOS, or the Messages app on Android.