If you like your Android home screen to give you quick access to information, services, and apps, consider adding a small collection of these widgets.

Android widgets allow you to access information directly from your home screen, but did you know you can create your own? We'll show you how.

Jack Wallen illustrates how to easily create a contact widget on your Android home screen for easy dialing, messaging, emailing, and editing of your contacts.

The Direct Method You can place direct contact shortcuts on your Home screen without going through the widget method. Open your Contacts menu and tap the contact you want to create a shortcut for.

After updating the Individual variant with notifications, Google Contacts has rolled out a redesign of the Favorite contacts widget.

You can also block specific contacts, assign custom ring and text tones to them, add nicknames, and more. Read on for seven ways to get more out of your Android and iPhone contacts, starting with… ...

You can add a Spotify widget to your phone's home screen on both iPhone and Android, but what the widget does will differ on each phone.