interaction design for android phone app at google

I am a UX Designer on Google Dialer, which is the default phone app on all Pixel, Nexus, Android One and a few other devices. The app has seen exponential growth in the past year.

As a part of the Communication Suite, we aim to connect people and businesses everywhere, enabling deeper human expression, and helping to get things done. We enable people and businesses to communicate on every Android device across messaging, voice and video with Duo, Dialer and Messages.

Check it out on the play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.dialer

LATEST RELEASED FEATURES

Call recording

Call Recording is the one of the most requested Dialer feature. Dialer users want to be able to record calls when dealing with businesses and other individuals where proof of the call details may be useful in the future.

In call experience (Copy)

Call log behavior (Copy)

LIVE CAPTIONS

466 million people around the world are deaf or hard-of-hearing (HoH). How can we help people make and receive calls without having to speak or hear?

UX Goal: Make sure live captions follow users throughout their journey on Android and that it’s optimized for calls on Dialer

UX constraint #1: Live captions must not get in the way of dialer users/UI? (for example, Live caption cannot cover the 6 button sheet)

UX constraint #2: Make sure that we show enough of the transcribed conversation to users so it not challenging to follow.

UX constraint #3: Live captions cannot cover parts of Dialer showing the call context

incoming call while captions are already turned on on Android (Copy)

Turning on/off live captions on Dialer (Copy)

Live captions settings in Dialer (Copy)

Dialog asking user consent (Copy)

Draggable dialog (Copy)

OTHER EXISTING FEATURES