https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-S23/No-CONTACT-widget-available-after-updating-on-S23-Ultra/m-p/3468894#M81051 <P>This was not really an acceptable solution for me.&nbsp; &nbsp;I tried the edge panels on an earlier Note when they first came out; but I didn't care for them as they pop out at times when I have NOT selected them.&nbsp; Instead I created a box in that bottom line, the space that's always available on every "page" and then I selected the CONTACT WIDGET of my choice BACK THEN; selected the contact, and dropped each one into that box.&nbsp; I have some contacts that still use ONLY a landline, so they got the widget for DIRECT CALL; I have other contacts to whom I regularly send text messages and/or attachments , so they got the WIDGET for the whole contact -- NOT just DIRECT CALL.&nbsp; And I was able to drop them all in a box -- including my co-workers, friends, and family members.&nbsp; It took two "screens" within that box.&nbsp; BUT they were all handy at the touch of a button.&nbsp; That box transferred during the Samsung Switch transfer from my NOTE 20 ULTRA to my GALAXY S23 ULTRA.&nbsp; But oddly enough, only SOME of the CALL AND/OR TEXT contacts made it through.&nbsp; And not all of the DIRECT CALL CONTACTS made it through -- but at least I could FIX THEM!&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P>To eliminate the DIRECT TEXT WIDGET is a colossal error on Samsung's part.&nbsp; What do you do if you need to send someone an attachment -- go back to your contacts list and search??&nbsp; No, what I described above is much easier and simpler.&nbsp; &nbsp;One can have AS MANY CONTACTS AS YOU WANT, right at your fingertips, set up for either TEXT <U><STRONG>OR</STRONG></U> TALK.&nbsp; They aren't sliding in and out of the edge panels with other things you might have set up on edge panels.&nbsp; And IF Samsung is going to eliminate a contact widget, WHY ELIMINATE THE ONE WITH OPTIONS?&nbsp; That doesn't make sense AT ALL.</P> Wed, 28 Jan 2026 23:30:54 GMT BlondieA2Z 2026-01-28T23:30:54Z