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# Google Contacts: Manage your network productively!
- URL: https://www.jeffsu.org/productivity-ping-78/
- Published: 2023-03-10T01:00:09.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-05T13:07:24.000Z
- Description: #78
- Author: Jeff
- Tags: #newsletter, Google Apps

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## Context

It sounds weird but I’m a huge fan of Google Contacts; I use it to keep track of my colleagues, friends, and family.

I use it so much that I previously kept it pinned in my Chrome browser along with Gmail, Calendar, and Drive:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/03/image-9.png)

## Google Contacts <> Gmail

But now, I just use the Google Contacts app within the Gmail Companion bar because I you can **add and edit contacts** with just 1 click:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/03/image-10.png)

You can access Google Contacts from the Gmail Companion Bar

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/03/image-11.png)

Click the auto-populated contact (if you're in an email thread)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/03/image-12.png)

You can add them directly as a Contact

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/03/image-13.png)

You can also edit their First and Last Names directly

## Benefits

If you add someone to Google Contacts, Gmail will auto-complete their email address when you send them an email:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/03/image-14.png)

The Google ecosystem is pretty convenient!

This is also a great way to make sure you always receive my newsletters 😉

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/db/85/db858a9d-1c4f-4993-8042-faa87b9bb3c1/content/images/2023/03/image-15.png)

Who disagrees?

## ⌨️ Keyboard shortcut

- Press / within the Google Contacts app to quickly search for a contact

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