If you ever have privileged contacts, people you are used to calling on your Sony Xperia 8, you may be tired of looking in your phone book on your mobile phone when you want to call them. You will be happy to know that there are some very basic solutions to make your life easier. We will precisely show you in this tutorial how to use speed dial on your Sony Xperia 8? It's a very simple solution that will save you time.
To do this, first of all, we will find out what speed dialing is and how it works, and then, secondly, how to use speed dialing on your phone.
What is speed dialing on a Sony Xperia 8?
You may have never heard of speed dialing on a Sony Xperia 8, it is a small feature that only some people use but is quite handy when you have a habit of regularly calling a few privileged contacts. Even though many people use messaging or communications apps like Whatsapp or Facebook Messenger instead, this option is not entirely useless. Some people who do not necessarily have access to new technologies will certainly prefer these basic functions instead of using more complex applications.
To keep things simple and to teach you very simply how this function works, you will just have to associate a number from 1 to 999 on your touchscreen keyboard to a number , therefore, when you open the “Phone” application of your Sony Xperia 8, you may just have to enter the key corresponding to the contact you want to call. This way, you no longer need to enter their full name or number before you can call them.
If you ever need to sort through your contacts, you can read our instruction to learn how to delete several contacts on your Sony Xperia 8.
How to use speed dial on a Sony Xperia 8?
Finally, we will now quickly teach you how we can use abbreviated dialing on your Sony Xperia 8 and associate a speed dial number with favorite contacts. To do this, no problem, no matter whether the version of Android is sufficient, this is the good news because for some features, the old versions of Android are not equipped with the option.
Now follow the instructions below to show how to set up your favorite contacts for speed dialing on your Sony Xperia 8:
- Unlock your mobile phone
- Open the "Phone" application by pressing the logo in the shape of a mobile phone
- In this way, you will open the numeric keypad on which you can dial numbers or search for saved contacts.
- Tap the three small vertical dots at the top right of the screen to access advanced settings
- Finally, access the option by pressing "Speed dial"
- You can now add an abbreviated number choosing the number to which you want to associate it then entering the name or number of the contact to which you want to match it
- Once you have saved, all you have to do is return to the "Telephone" application and type your abbreviated number to be able to call this person.
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