Google has finally published the official Android Phone and Contacts apps on the Play Store this morning, though predictably only devices that have these system apps preinstalled can actually install them.
This means you can probably expect to start seeing updates to these apps that add features or fixes directly from the Play Store instead of being stuck inside system updates, which is good.
Google Has Published The Phone And Contacts Apps On The Play Store – Dialer Finally Gets Call-Blocking, Plus More was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
Source: Andriod Police