topic Re: Contact widget in Samsung Apps and Services

Contact widget no longer allows for the entire contact to be utilized as a shortcut

userzBOAucm1qq — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 23:51:02 GMT

The Contact widget no longer allows for the entire contact to be utilized as a shortcut, which is vitally important to me. In the latest Android update, the Contact widget only allows for direct dial, which renders the widget useless for anything other than a phone call. It is no longer possible to use the widget to create a shortcut for the purpose of reviewing useful info in the contact or to send a text message. Why would Android want to eliminate that functionality from that widget?

Re: Contact widget

Dan2023 — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 22:25:01 GMT

What happens if you press and hold on the contact rather than just tapping?

Re: Contact widget

Popsicle20 — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:37:17 GMT

The functionality is still there. It's just not in the widgets anymore.

Go into the Samsung Contacts app and select the contact you want to put on your home screen.

Tap the three-dots menu in the bottom right corner.

Tap "Add contact to home screen" and choose whether you want Direct Dial, Direct Message, or View Contact Info.

Re: Re: Contact widget

Pete6 — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 13:04:55 GMT

Thanks!

Re: Re: Re: Contact widget

Popsicle20 — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:36:15 GMT

You're welcome! I'm glad that I could help! 🙂

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Luco1 — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 05:06:02 GMT

Thanks so much for the Heads Up Cheers !

Re: Contact widget

userXaPKVB3fKT — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 02:49:41 GMT

You get the normal options box: "select", "remove", or the little info button that takes you to the App Info page.

Re: Contact widget

userXaPKVB3fKT — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 02:51:03 GMT

Yes!!! Thank you!

Re: Contact widget no longer allows for the entire contact to be utilized as a shortcut

cybythesea — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 16:52:45 GMT

Now I have to update my last post because as I read further it's actually much easier now to put the widget which isn't really a widget anymore on your homepage. What would be nice is some pop up explanation of how what you're trying to do is done. But the update actually makes putting a contact on your home screen much easier than long pressing choosing a widget finding the contact pressing on the contact so on and so forth.

What a stupid update. How do they come up with stuff like that is it a mistake or do they actually think that when people touch the contact icon they want to dial that person automatically? Now every time I want to text my wife or anybody else for that matter I have to push the direct dial hang up the telephone call and then choose the texting option. How stupid is that

Re: Re: Contact widget

verszam — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 12:01:31 GMT

PERFECT ANSWER

Re: Contact widget no longer allows for the entire contact to be utilized as a..

iamlane — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 19:17:50 GMT

That's really inconvenient for me since I'm handicapped and it takes a little longer to a o everything.

Re: Contact widget no longer allows for the entire contact to be utilized as a shortcut

BTSmiley — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 15:47:43 GMT

I agree, what a stupid update for removing the View Contact Widget from the menu. But thank you for the tip about adding the contact to the Home Screen. I was able to go into the contact, select "More", select "Add contact to Home screen", select "View contact info", then drag the contact where I wanted it. (There was also an option to just "Add".)

Now I have the new contact the same as the old ones, where I get to choose how I want to make contact.

Re: Contact widget no longer allows for the entire contact to be utilized as a shortcut

Twodose26 — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 22:14:50 GMT

I agree, how stupid for this not to remain in a widget, I cant tell you how much time I wasted trying to figure this out, when you google it, it says it is in a widget, eventually this post came up on samsung, so thanks.

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Tebbs22 — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 20:51:31 GMT

Just got a new Galaxy S26 Ultra - the add contact to home screen option is no longer available from the 3 dots, and only direct dial in widgets. JEEEZZZZ

Re: Contact widget

Members_hpXyMOx — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:44:20 GMT

GENIUS!!! Thank you so very much, this is awesome! I went back and read it all my personal contacts the way you said. However, on my phone version, I had to click on the contact; choose add to home screen; click on view details; then add to home screen. It works though!