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How to Get Your Google Contacts on a Chromebook

Wondering how to see your Google Contacts on a Chromebook? They sync automatically now. Here’s how to find and use them.

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Your Google Contacts sync to your Chromebook automatically these days. No flags or experimental settings needed like in the early days of ChromeOS.

How to Access Your Contacts

  1. Click the launcher and search for Contacts, or open the app from your app list.
  2. Your contacts from your signed-in Google account appear automatically.

How to Use Contacts from the Launcher

  1. Open the launcher and start typing a contact’s name.
  2. Click the contact to see options like sending an email or starting a video call.

Quick Tips

  • If you’ve linked your Android phone with Phone Hub, your phone’s contacts and recent calls show up on your Chromebook too.
  • Contacts stay in sync automatically as long as you’re signed into the same Google account on both devices.

Getting to your Google Contacts on a Chromebook is now built right in, with no setup needed beyond signing in.

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Dinsan Francis is the founder of Chrome Story, which he started in 2009 — the same year Google launched Chrome. He has covered the Chrome browser and Chromebook ecosystem for over 15 years and has used Chromebooks as his primary computing device since 2010. He’s always on the bleeding edge, running the Canary build of both Chrome and ChromeOS as daily drivers.

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4 responses to “How to Get Your Google Contacts on a Chromebook”

  1. Craig Tumblison Avatar
    Craig Tumblison

    I’ve been using this since it was first available as a flag (I believe v23, but it might have been introduced in v24). This is the feature I’m most excited about because it shows the true power of an operating system created by a search company – the ability to find anything from a single box.

    The concept of being able to search for and install extensions from the launcher is also fantastic, though I really just want to be able to type a contact’s name and instantly launch a Hangout.

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    1. Dinu Avatar
      Dinu

      I am sure integrating google plus with Chrome OS is something they would definitely work on..

      Reply
  2. Ethan Hassett Avatar
    Ethan Hassett

    I added this in //:flags, but my contacts do not show up in the search. Can you help me out? (I am running Beta on Acer C7)

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  3. Melman Avatar
    Melman

    Does this flag have a name?

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