How to add contacts to Gmail if you've never received an email from them 1. In the upper right corner of your screen, next to your profile photo, click the button to bring down the apps menu.

Gmail allows users to save important contacts easy and hassle-free. If you don’t create a new contact from the contact app on your phone, you can quickly add a contact in Gmail which you can edit later make the necessary changes later if required.

Click Add to Contacts. It's a blue link at the bottom of the drop-down menu. This immediately adds the person to your Gmail contacts list. If you're using classic Gmail, you'll click the grey Add to contacts link at the bottom of the drop-down