Google Contacts will now let you share a link to another user’s profile

Just days ago, Google Contacts began rolling out a revamped visual card-style backdrop to contact entry fields, and though it’s a small update, it’s a welcome one. More accessibility, a more attractive app featuring Material You, and just all-around better. It truly is the little things in life that make the most difference, wouldn’t you agree?

Today, we’re continuing to see more features arrive with Contacts. For any person in your organization, you’ll now be able to copy a direct link to their “profile”, and then share it with anyone else within your organization. This is the first time I’ve seen Google refer to contact cards as “profiles”, leading me to believe that it’s hoping to achieve a more intranet approach to its services. Thanks to the shut down of Google Currents – formerly known as Google+, Contacts, and Chat have swooped in to replace that functionality, and we’ve seen an increase in social features across the board for teams.

Google states on its Workspace Updates blog that only contacts with an email connected to their Workspace profile will have this new profile link, which makes sense. If you want to take advantage of this, you should populate this field or encourage your teams to do it themselves. It’s always a great practice to keep your contact information up to date anyway.

Admins can do so for their employees or students by going to the “Users” section of their dashboard. To copy a profile link, just tap the three vertical dots at the top-right of a “profile” and click “Copy profile link”. Straightforward, which is exactly as it ought to be. As a reminder, sharing a profile link outside of your organization will result in a broken web page since that information is classified, my friend!

This update should appear for all Workspace customers, as well as those with legacy G Suite Basic and Business licenses over the next two weeks or longer via an extended rollout. If you don’t see it right away, you can simply copy the profile link from the top URL bar of the browser as it’s essentially the same link. Sadly, standard Google Account holders will not be getting this nifty little feature, but there’s always the possibility that that will change in time. Google has historically brought Workspace features to all users after they’ve been exclusive for a bit.