Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge: How to Add Contacts to My People in Android 5.0.2 Lollipop

If you have enabled the people edge feature, you can add your favourite contacts to My people. When you receive calls or notifications from those listed in the My people list, the edge screen in your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge will display a tab contains with assigned colours that can be used to view unread notifications from them. You can also use this tab to quickly call, send text messages or send email messages to contacts that have been added to the My people list.


How to add contacts to My people?
When the people edge feature is on, you can add your favourite contacts to My people by using two different methods: from the settings menu and from the My people tab.

Method #1: From the settings menu
You can add your favourite contacts to My people list from the settings menu by using the following steps:

1. While the screen is unlocked, swipe down the top of the screen to open up the notification panel and then tap at the top right to go to the settings menu.
2. Scroll down to the Device section and then tap Edge screen.
3. Tap People edge.
4. Tap My people.
5. Tap Add contact next to the desired colour indicator.
6. Select the required contact from your contacts list. FYI, only those saved in the device memory that can be added to the My people list.
7. The selected contact has been assigned to the selected colour indicator and added to the My people list.
8. To add more contacts to My people, repeat from the step #5. You can add up to 5 contacts to My people.

Method #2: From My people tab
While you're in lock screen, home screen or apps menu, you can easily add your favourite contacts to My people list by using the following steps:

1. Drag the My people tab from the edge screen towards the centre of the screen to open up My people list.
2. Tap + icon that is displayed with the desired colour indicator and then select the required contact from your contacts list. FYI, only those saved in the device memory that can be added to the My people list.
3. The selected contact has been assigned to the selected colour indicator and added to the My people list.
4. To add more contacts to My people, repeat from the step #2. You can add up to 5 contacts to My people.