Question About Calling A Contact (S7)

[Splat_NJ]

I've searched but no luck. I just got a Galaxy S7 (Oreo) after my old trusty S4 finally died. When selecting a contact to call I always get another small popup showing "Call Message Details". Is there a way to disable this so when I select a contact to call it goes to the dialer screen and calls the contact? Thank you.
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Splat

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Are you talking about the Contact widget? If so, then use the Direct Dial widget instead -- that's a one-touch calling widget.

 

[Splat_NJ]

Ah, ok. Got it. Thank you. Is there a way to have the contacts book/screen open to "Contacts" tab instead of "Recents" when I click on the main Contacts icon in the Home screen?

 

[B. Diddy]

That must be peculiar to Samsung -- on my Pixel 3 XL, the Contacts app is separate from the Phone app, and opens to my main contacts list. Or are you talking about the Phone app?

 

[Splat_NJ]

I guess it'd be the Contacts app. When I open the contacts screen it usually, but not always for some reason, shows the Recents tab. I can see how this would be useful if I only called a few people but with work I call a lot of different people.