adding widget for direct dial is it possible?

By Dennis Long, 29 October, 2022

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iOS and iPadOS

Hi, is it possible to add a widget on the home screen for a person to direct dial them? If so how?

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By Squirrel on Monday, November 14, 2022 - 16:02

Shortcuts might be your friend here.

There's a shortcut action to call a contact. So you could create a basic shortcut that passes the desired phone number to this action. You can then add the shortcut to your Home Screen as a widget.

If you wanted it to also be on your Lock Screen, I *think* you may need to add a third-party app to the mix. As I don't believe that there is currently native support for using Shortcuts here.

Good luck ☺️

By MuseumShuffle on Monday, November 14, 2022 - 16:02

I thought maybe you could add a shortcut from the Shortcuts app to do it but it looks like that's not possible.

It looks like there are apps that can add this functionality. I haven't tried it but here is one.