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No CONTACT widget available after updating on S23 Ultra.

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BlondieA2Z
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Galaxy S23
I recently upgraded from Note 20 Ultra 5G to an S23 Ultra 5G. Using Samsung Switch, ALL my data and apps transfered smoothly EXCEPT for one small glitch. 
On my NOTE 2020, I have a collection in a big widget of frequently contacted friends & family. Some are the CONTACT widget, some are the CONTACT DIRECT CALL widget, others are the DIRECT TEXT widget.
I was excited to see that ALL those co tactics did transfer to the S23 and were in the same order as my Note 20...until I actually tried to use one. I tapped the photo for that contact, but an entirely different person's info appeared. And there were several that had happened to. Most of the others were fine.

So I completely deleted those for our five widgets and went to the Samsung widgets; however there is no longer a widget for just a CONTACT, nor is there one for CONTACT (DIRECT TEXT). The only contact widget offered is CONTACT (DIRECT DIAL). I don't call nearly as often as I text, or maybe text a photo or some type of attachment.
Are those two additional widgets available anywhere? 
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There are several multi contact direct dial widgets and a single contact direct dial widget.  Open the widgets selector and scroll to contacts.  Choose one.  They no longer have the direct text widget, however, you can enable edge panels and add the contact edge panel.  When you add your selected contacts to the side panel, tapping the contact gives you the option to text or call.  The edge panel control is located in settings/display.  Scroll to edge panels and turn it on.  Tap on the tile and choose how visible you want the handle to be, the position, color and transparency. Choose your panel(s).  The contacts panel is actually called "people".  You may find a few other edge panels of interest to you.  The edge panels are very useful for decluttering your home screen of widgets (unless you *need* your widgets to be visible at all times).  They slide off the screen and out when you need them.

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