While writing “Comparing the Classic and Unified Views in iOS 26’s Phone App” (10 November 2025), I commented that the Unified view’s Calls screen was more attractive if you had contact posters for ...

You can use Contact Posters with the pre-installed Phone app, third-party phone apps that support the feature, and NameDrop, among other things. To enable Contact ...

Apple’s iPhone Contact Poster feature offers a creative and practical way to customize how your contact information appears to others. Whether you want to express your personality or make your details ...

• Google’s “Calling Cards” feature is now widely rolling out in v188 of the Phone app, allowing Android users to personalize incoming/outgoing call screens with full-screen photos and styling options.

Apple's Phone app for macOS 26 means you don't need to pick up your iPhone to take a phone call while you're hard at work on your Mac. Here's how it works, and what it looks like in action. With the ...

First reported in late June, Google now appears to be widely rolling out iOS-inspired Calling Cards to the Google Contacts app, at least to users on the beta channel. We hadn’t seen the feature in ...

Google has started to roll out the Calling Cards feature in the Contacts and Phone apps. This feature lets you create a stylish profile for your contacts. This differs from Apple’s Contact Posters, ...

After years of hiding behind FaceTime, phone calls on the Mac are getting their own spotlight. Here's all you need to know about the Phone app in macOS Tahoe. Apple finally gave the Mac a dedicated ...

I suspect many TidBITS readers are of the generation that still uses the iPhone as a phone. Heck, many of us remember rotary phones that needed actual dialing, and some may even have had party lines, ...

The update allows Android users to customize images, colors, and text on contact call screens. The update allows Android users to customize images, colors, and text on contact call screens. is a ...