How to Connect Google Contacts to an iPhone

Sync your Google contacts to your iPhone.

The Apple iPhone not only synchronizes to your contacts in Apple's Address Book and Outlook, it can also synchronize your mail, contacts and calendars from other third-party email clients including Google and Yahoo. In order to synchronize your contacts to your iPhone you must connect your device to your computer. You then must adjust the contact settings in your iTunes application. Once you have it set up, your phone will fetch new data from Google to make sure your contact information on your phone is up to date with your Google address book at all times.

Things You'll Need

• iTunes 7.0 or later
• USB cable

Instructions

1. Plug the USB cable into your iPhone, and plug the other end into the computer's USB port.

2. Click the "iTunes" icon on your dock to start the application on a Macintosh computer, or click "Start," "All Programs," "Apple" and "iTunes" for PCs.

3. Click the iPhone tab in the iTunes sidebar and click the "Info" tab.

4. Check the box next to "Sync Google Contacts" and click the "Agree" button. Enter your Google user ID and password and click "OK."

5. Click the "Apply" button to sync your Google Contacts to your iPhone. Disconnect the phone from your computer when the "iPhone sync is complete. OK to disconnect" message appears.

References

• Apple Support: iTunes - Syncing Address Book Contacts with your Google Contacts
• iPhone For Dummies; Edward C. Baig and Bob LeVitus; 2009