From: cl@isbd.net   
      
   VanguardLH  wrote:   
   > Chris Green  wrote:   
   >   
   > > I'm moving from my old Android 11 phone to Android 15.   
   > >   
   > > I used the Contacts widget to create direct dial icons on my home page   
   > > in Android 11.  There's no Contacts entry in Widgets on my new Android   
   > > 15 phone.  Help! :-)   
   > >   
   > > Can one somehow get Contacts widgets added?  Or is there another way   
   > > to get 'direct calling' icons (i.e. an icon to tap which calls the   
   > > associated number)?   
   >   
   > I go into the Contacts app (that was bundled on my Android 15 phone, now   
   > updated to 16), open a contact in the list, and tap the 3-button menu   
   > icon where one of the choices is "Add contact to Home screen".  Then you   
   > get to select the shortcut type: Direct Dial (dial their phone number),   
   > Direct Message (send them a text), or View contact info (open the   
   > contact record in the Contacts app).  Then you're presented with a   
   > bubble window telling you to tap and hold the 1x1 icon to drag to the   
   > home screen.   
   >   
   > Instead of using a widget, I used the Phone app itself to create a   
   > shortcut to a contact.   
   >   
   > An online search finds other suggestions, so you need to try which ones   
   > work on your phone.  I have a Samsung Galaxy A36 phone, so their Phone   
   > app could have different features than whatever unidentified brand and   
   > model you have.   
      
   It's a Xaiomi Redmi A5.  I've tried a web search but all I can find is   
   the same sequence of open widgets and add a contacts widget.  There   
   simply aren't any Contacts widgets on my phone.   
      
   I don't get the "Add contact to Home screen" that you describe from   
   your Samsung either.   
      
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