One-touch Calling

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One-touch Calling – iPhone

Unlock your device, find the shortcuts icon, tap it.

Tap the blue plus button at the top right.

Type Call.

Tap the Call icon

Tap the word Contact.

search for the person in your contact list and tap on their name.

Tap the small down arrow in the grey circle, On the list that pops up, tap Rename.

After renaming the shortcut, tap on Done.

Tap the three little dots on your new shortcut tile.

Tap the Share icon in the bottom of the screen.

Tap Add to Home screen.

Choose how you would like the icon to be shown.

Tap on shortcut to call the person.

One-touch Calling – Android

Unlocked your Android device, find and open the Play Store app.

Tap Search at the bottom of the screen.

Tap the search bar at the top of the screen.

Type Action Blocks and tap Search.

Once you see Action Blocks, tap Install and wait for it to install.

When the app has finished installing, tap Open.

Agree to the Google Privacy Policy

Tap the button that says Create Action Block.

Choose Phone Call.

Type a specific command into the box (e.g. Call Jane mobile), then tap next

Tap the test button for the pop up.

A test would run to call the person, tap the red button to hang up.

Pop up will appear asking you if the action worked as expected. Tap the Yes button once you know it's working. Then tap Next.

Give your action block a name.

Tap the Choose image button. Pick a picture from your gallery or take one with your camera to be the icon.

Tap Save action block.

Tap next for this pop up.

The icon will appear on the home screen, tap it to call the person.

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