Name: Handsfree: outgoing phone calls and more (widget)
Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Author: Grigorii.Entin

Wearing a headset? Keeping your phone nearby/in your pocket? Accepting calls via the watch, but wondering why you can't make outgoing calls as well? Missing access to your recent calls on your watch?

Handsfree got you covered: install (and forget about) the companion app on Android, check your favorite contacts on your phone and ... you have them ready for dialing from your watch!

***IMPORTANT NOTES***

1.   This is *widget* variant of Handsfree, that makes it appear as a glance/widget on specific/old models of Garmin devices. If you're not sure/own a recent model, please ignore this variant and install the *app* variant instead: it is also available in Connect IQ and supports much more models/is more capable in most cases (glances included).
2.   *Never* install both app and widget variants of Handsfree: that will prevent Handsfree from properly communicating with the phone. *Uninstall* the app if you need to use the widget, *uninstall* the widget if you want to use the app.
3.   Settings are not available in the widget on low-memory devices. Please use widget Settings in Garmin Connect IQ on Android instead.

If you don't want or can not use Google Play, you can install the (Android) companion app from the page below:

https://grigorye.github.io/handsfree/Installation

**Requirements**:

- Android phone (iPhone is unfortunately not supported)
- Your lovely watch or a bike computer
- A bit of patience with the initial setup of the companion app.

More info is on the project home page: https://github.com/grigorye/Handsfree

**Known limitations**:

- Maximum number of favorites: 20 (5 on low-memory devices) 
- Maximum number of recents: 10 (5 on low-memory devices)
- With no headset, audio on accepting incoming call is routed to (default) output (e.g. phone ear speaker)
- Glance is static on low-memory devices, shows only the app name

**Beta-testers wanted!**

If you're interested in testing pre-release versions of the app or just want to help with development of the app/share your feedback, please reach out to me or send a request to join the dedicated Google group (https://groups.google.com/g/handsfree-beta) - I'd really appreciate that.

