How to import contacts from Gmail to Android

One of the most practical things about having a smartphone is that you can synchronize the contact lists of different services and that everything appears centralized in your calendar. So, for example, you can make the phone number of your Android phone show not only the numbers stored in your SIM or in your phone's memory, but also those of your Gmail contacts. Your numbers, your email addresses and other information. Would you like to do it? In .com we tell you how to import contacts from Gmail to Android.

You will need to:
  • Android Smartphone
  • Gmail account
Steps to follow:

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The first step to import contacts from Gmail to Android will be to access the option " Settings " or "Settings" of your Android phone. Remember that it is the application with an icon in the form of a wheel of machinery, through which you can change most of the parameters of your smartphone.

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Within Settings, look for the section "Accounts", where you will see all the applications to which you have linked an account: email, Facebook, WhatsApp, Dropbox ... Among them, you must search and click on the "Google" option .

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At this time, a list of Gmail accounts that you have registered will appear (it can also be just one). Click on the one you want to synchronize with your Android device.

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A list of different aspects of that Gmail account that you can synchronize with your Android phone will appear; click on "Contacts" and that synchronization will start. You can also choose to press the three vertical points that appear in the upper right corner and click on "Synchronize now".

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If you now go to the list of contacts of your Android mobile , you will see that also appear those of the Gmail account that you have synchronized. It is a very simple action that will help you to have all the contact information of your Gmail also on your phone.

Tips
  • You can configure it to synchronize automatically every few days or even daily.