Sometimes we are in a hurry, and we cannot stop to look for a contact in the iPhone's phone book to call or send a message or an email quickly, luckily, if you have an iPhone you can make this communication quickly and without even unlocking your phone.
With iOS 10 Apple introduced the possibility of adding Widgets to the lock screen, and one of them is that of our favorite contacts, a great idea, since with it we can communicate with the people who matter most to us immediately.
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How to call your favorite contacts without unlocking the iPhone
1- Customize the favorites section of the iPhone
If you already have this section personalized, you can skip this step, but if you don't know how to do it, follow these simple instructions to always have the contacts that matter most to you.
Step 1- Open the application Phone Number and tap on the first icon at the bottom, the one for favorites
Step 2- tap on it + icon that you will see in the upper left part to launch the agenda of your iPhone.
Step 3- Search for the contact you want to add to this section, when you see it, tap on its name.
Step 4- If your contact has multiple forms of communication on their tab, the iPhone will give you the option to choose your favorite. You can choose that the direct access is to make voice calls, or send an email (for example...). You can also add the same contact multiple times to create shortcuts to different features, such as a shortcut for making calls and another for sending messages.
reorder favorites
If, once you have completed your list of favorite contacts, you want to order them in another way, you just have to touch the edit button and touch the 3 horizontal lines that you will see on the right side of your contact. Swipe up or down to assign the position you want to that contact.
To remove a contact from your favorites list, you just have to slide your finger to the left over their name and the option to remove it will appear.
2- Inhabit the Favorites Widget
Now that you have the favorites section to your liking, you have to enable its widget, it's very simple, you just have to follow these steps.
Step 1- From the locked screen, swipe the screen from left to right to see the Widgets
Step 2- Scroll down to the last widget and tap on the button Edit
Step 3- Now you will be seeing the list of available Widgets, the first ones are the ones you already have installed, so scroll down to see the ones not included and tap on the + symbol What will you see next to the Favorites widget
Step 4- If you want, you can place it in the order you want, you just have to touch the 3 horizontal lines that you will see on the right side of the Widget's name and slide it where you want.
Step 5- Now, when you need to call someone from your favorites list quickly, you just have to go to the Widgets section and tap on the shortcut, the iPhone will start the call (Or the function you have configured) immediately and without the need for unlock iPhone.
And that's how simple this new option is, do you find it useful? You have the comments to leave your opinion.