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To make a call on your Android phone, you probably open the Phone app, tap Contacts, select the person you wish to call from a long list of contacts, and initiate the call by tapping the Call button.
Well here’s a little tip that can make the process of calling someone you call often a lot faster…
If you tend to call one or more people on a regular basis, you can quickly set up shortcuts that will let you call them right from the Home screen.
It’s a very simple process to create Home screen shortcuts for your most frequently called contact(s). Here’s how to quickly set them up:
1 – Open the app drawer by swiping up from the bottom of the Home screen.
2 – Tap Contacts.
3 – Tap the name of the person you’d like to create a shortcut for.
4 – Tap the gear-shaped icon in the top-right corner of the screen and select Add to home screen from the menu.
5 – Tap Add to home screen again.
6 – Return to your phone’s Home screen, then tap and hold the contact’s avatar photo and drag it to the place where you want it.
7 – Repeat the steps above for any other contacts you’d like to create a Home screen shortcut for.
That’s all there is to it. From now on you can call any contact that you added to the Home screen simply by tapping on their avatar photo and then tapping Call.
One note of caution: Since these shortcuts are located right on the Home screen, it’s very easy to call folks by accident, so tap with care.