You might soon get to pick between horizontal swiping or tapping when answering calls using Google's Phone app.
- Google is testing two interfaces for the incoming call screen in the Phone app.
- Users may be able to choose between a pill-based horizontal swipe UI or an iPhone-like single-tap UI for answering/declining calls.
- However, users may not have the choice to retain the current vertical swipe UI, which is a shame.
Google has been testing a redesign of the Phone app for a while now, primarily focusing on how users answer or decline calls. Back in September 2024, we spotted Google working to abandon the swipe actions for incoming calls in favor of dedicated accept and decline buttons, similar to the iPhone. More recently, in March 2025, we spotted Google testing yet another new pill-based UI for left-right swipe gestures. Google doesn’t seem to have made up its mind on which UI to go with, and that’s great for users, as it seems it could give them a choice between the two. Interestingly, this choice could co-exist alongside the Phone app’s Material 3 Expressive redesign.
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