Many people on social media are asking questions about these sudden changes in their phone, while some people are expressing their resentment over it.
After the change, when calling from Android phones or receiving the call, the phone’s interface, ie display and design, looks changed.
Many people are surprised that they have neither made any changes in the phone’s settings nor tampered with it, yet how did the call screen change in the phone itself. Some people even expressed their dignity that their phone was hacked.
Many Android users have shared information about these changes in the phone on different social media platforms. Many users have also posted on social media platform X about this change.
These changes have been made only on Android phones. Since there has been no such change in iOS phones, there is no need to worry for those using those phones.
But why did these changes happen in Android phones, how did these settings change and can these settings be brought to the same position? The BBC has tried to find answers to all these questions.
‘Hacking’ or update, what is the truth?
Many Android users tried to find a reply to this problem in their own way.
Some are linking it to ‘hacking’, while many expressed doubt that this update is not a way of monitoring from government agencies.
A user from X account
Kar, “Congratulations, the setting of your phone has also been changed. A software has also been installed automatically which will now speak against you like a parrot.”
Another user questioned, “The settings of the mobile phone in your hand have suddenly changed. Do you really think you are safe?”
However, another user said that changing the display setting of the phone does not mean ‘hacking’ nor does it mean that the company is stealing your photos or messages.
Kar, “Congratulations, the setting of your phone has also been changed. A software has also been installed automatically which will now speak against you like a parrot.”
Another user questioned, “The settings of the mobile phone in your hand have suddenly changed. Do you really think you are safe?”
However, another user said that changing the display setting of the phone does not mean ‘hacking’ nor does it mean that the company is stealing your photos or messages.
It says that mobile companies keep updating the software for the phone from time to time, so that they do better and are more secure than before.
How did the recent change?
Basic software (OS) used in Android phones make Google. This company also updates it from time to time.
In May this year, the company said that it is going to release an update called ‘Material 3D Expressive’, which will be one of the biggest updates in the company in the last few years.
Google says that this update will make the phone’s software and display use already and easier, faster and more comfortable.
Earlier our Android phone display used to run on the design named ‘Material 3D’. According to Google, “billions of users were addicted to it due to its regular use.”
Google said that many things are being changed in new display settings, such as notification, color theme, photo, gmail and watch etc.
How to change settings without user’s permission?
Google has said that the design of Android phone call app has been changed under the ‘Material 3D Expressive’ update.
This update for some users was started in June and then widely implemented in different stages.
According to Google, the objective behind it is to make Android calling app easier.
Google has removed ‘Racent Calls’ (recent calls) and ‘favorite’ options and merged in ‘Home’. So now that you open the phone app for the call, you will see only ‘Home’ and ‘Keypad’ options.
According to the company, now not all the calls coming from the same number will appear together or in the same place, but the call will appear in the history according to the time. This will not require you to find the contact again and again.
Google says that this will make users understand their call history even better. The company also states that now there will be no need to open each number separately, how many missed calls are there or how much have been received.
Along with this, the design of ‘incoming call’ has also been changed after users’ response. The design of the incoming call has been changed so that the users do not obtain the call by mistake or disconnect the call while removing the phone from the pocket.
From Google’s messages and reactions on social media, it seems that many users’ phone apps have been updated on their own. However, there are many people whose settings of the phone have not changed still.
A user has given the reason for this on Google blog. He has written that some users have chosen the option of auto-update on their phone in Google Play Store (place to install or update apps). In such a situation, some apps get updated automatically.
He wrote that users can shut down in auto-updates and by going to the phone’s settings and clicking on the option of ‘Uninstall Update’, they can make phone call display settings according to the earlier settings.
Famous mobile company OnePlus has said the same thing.
On the social media site X, a user asked the company why they did this, then the company told that, “This is not from the OnePlus, but from the update of the Google phone app. If you still like the old style in your phone, you can uninstall the update.”
So, if you have seen these new changes in your Android phone, do not get upset.
But if you still like the old style and you do not want these new updates, then you can also uninstall the new update.