How to Bring Back Vertical Swipe-to-Answer in Google Phone ...Middle East

For as long as I can remember, the Google Phone app’s default gesture for answering calls has been a vertical swipe, the exact opposite to the iPhone’s horizontal slide-to-answer gesture. I really liked it. It was solid, dependable, and very resistant to mis-swipes and butt-answers.

But it's not for everyone. If you have years of muscle memory for the old way of answering calls, this new implementation won't be as dependable as before. If that sounds, you have two options.

Embrace buttons

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To swap from swipe-to-answer to buttons, open the Google Phone app, tap the three-lined Menu button in the top left and choose the Settings option. Here, go to Incoming call gesture and tap the Incoming call gesture option. From the popup, switch to Single tap.

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Now, when you get a call, you’ll get two distinct buttons for Answer and Decline. Ah, much better.

Uninstall the latest Google Phone update

Khamosh Pathak Credit: And just like that, the old Phone app, with the old call screen, is back.

The new update removes the Contacts tab (you’ll have to use the Contacts app to dig deeper into your list of buddies now), but it adds new tools like Calling Cards, which feature full-screen contact photos (again, like the iPhone). Your contact photo won't automatically show up on the receiver's end like on Apple's OS, but it's a nice touch. The whole interface is also bold and bubbly now, although how you feel about that will probably be a bit more subjective.

If you're OK with losing these changes, or you actively don't like them, you can get rid of them, and get the old vertical swipe gesture back along the way. Because the Google Phone app rolls out new features using Play Store, going back to an old version is easy and doesn’t require an OS downgrade.

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Apps > Phone and tap the three-dotted Menu from the top-right. Here, choose Uninstall Updates. From the popup, choose OK. In just a couple of seconds, Google will uninstall the new Phone app update and things will be back to how they used to be. The old Favorites screen will be the new default, the Contacts tab will be back, and the old vertical call answer gesture will be restored as well.

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