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Table of contents 1 Welcome to Android About Android 9.0, Nougat What's new in 9.0 Multi Screen/ Window Direct Reply Bundled Notifications Get Started Sign into your account Send an email Quick Settings Your Apps Your Home screens Status bar Navigation Basics Manage Battery Life Help and Feedback 2 Personalize your device Customize your Home Screen Manage your setting Display Sound and notification Google app NOUGAT 9.
How it works What you can ask Google to do for you Turn “Ok Google” on or off 3 Use the keyboard Enter & edit text Use next-word suggestions Gesture Typing Keyboard dictionaries Type by speaking 4 Control Access Manage accounts on your device Add an account Remove an account Share your device with other users Switch users Remove a user Guest user Security Smart Lock Protect against harmful apps NOUGAT 9.
5 Share & Store content on your device Google Cast SD card Storage Printing 6 Try some Apps Play Store Gmail Google Play Camera Photos Contacts Hangouts Calendar 7 Accessibility NOUGAT 9.
1 Welcome to Android About Android 9.0, Nougat Nougat is the latest version of Android, the operating system that powers tablets, watches, TVs, cars and more. This guide introduces the Android 9.0 software on your tablet. For hardware details, visit support.google.com/android . There, you can find comprehensive information about all types of Android tablets, including more details about your Visual Land tablet. What’s new in 9.
Multi Screen/Window: Multi-window support gives you the ability to run two applications on your device side by side, and at the same time. To enable multiscreen/window mode: *Have at least one application running* > long press the square or right navigation button seen h NOUGAT 9.
Once you have long pressed the right navigation button, you will be able to select the applications you want to show in the multi-windows. Much the same as a single window, you can switch between applications while maintaining multi-windows. Simply use the right navigation button to NOUGAT 9.
switch to the application you’re looking to use. In vertical mode, the top window will remain static. In order to have a specific application remain at the top, make sure that application is displayed on the screen before enabling the multi-window. Another feature is, in vertical mode, you can resize the windows by dragging the center line (see green arrow in picture) up and down. To go back to a single window mode, simply long press the right navigation button (see red arrow in picture Below).
Get Started When you first turn on your tablet, you’ll see a Welcome screen. Choose the language you want and touch the arrow to continue. IMPORTANT: To complete the setup process, it’s best to have a Wi-Fi connection. Sign in to your account When prompted, sign in with your Google Account or create one at that time. Signing in lets you immediately access everything associated with your Google Account, like Gmail and Calendar.
IMPORTANT: Make sure you remember the password you use to sign into your device or else you won’t be able to access it. Even if you do a factory reset, you will be required to enter the password you used to sign into this device. If you have multiple Google Accounts, you can add others later from Settings > Personal > Accounts. You can also add guest users in Settings > Device > Users. Send an email Use the Gmail app to read and write email from your Gmail or other email addresses. 1.
Quick Settings Use Quick Settings to easily get to frequently used settings, like turning on Wi-Fi. To open Quick Settings, swipe down from the top of the screen with two fingers. To change a setting, just touch the icon: • Display brightness: Slide to decrease or increase the brightness of your screen. • Wi-Fi network: Turn Wi-Fi on or off. To open Wi-Fi settings, touch the Wi-Fi network name. • Bluetooth settings: Turn Bluetooth on or off. To open Bluetooth settings, touch the word “Bluetooth”.
Open the main Settings app by touching right. Settings in the top Your Apps To see all your apps, touch All Favorites tray on any Home screen. Apps in the This is where you can see all your apps, including those that come with your tablet, and those you downloaded on Google Play. You can move app icons to any of your Home screens. From All Apps, you can: • Explore apps. Swipe left and right on your tablet from the all apps screen. • Open an app. Touch its icon.
Your home Screens After you finish setting up your device, the Home screen appears for the first time. Here, you can add app icons and widgets (an “at- aglance” view of an app’s most important information) to your Home screens to easily find them. • To move between Home screens, swipe left or right. • To see notifications, swipe down from the top of the screen with one finger.
Navigation Basics At the bottom of your device's screen, no matter what you’re doing, you’ll always find the navigation bar with three buttons. Back Opens the previous screen you were working in, even if it was in a different app. Once you back up to the Home screen, you can’t go back any further. Home Return to the Home screen to get suggestions based on the screen you are currently viewing, touch and hold this button. Overview Opens a list of thumbnail images of screens you’ve worked with recently.
Manage battery life The status bar shows how much battery you have left, but you can also see the exact percentage and approximate time of battery life remaining. Swipe down from the top of the screen, then touch Battery. Your Android device’s battery is built to get you through your day. When you’re running low, Android’s battery saver conserves your battery power so you can use the tablet. To turn it on, go to Settings > Battery > Battery saver.
2 Personalize your Tablet Customize your Home screens Make your Home screen feel like home. You can change your wallpaper, add apps or widgets, or add additional Home screens to the right. To change your wallpaper: Touch & hold the background, then To change the wallpaper: 1. Touch & hold the background, then touch Wallpapers. 2. Swipe right to left to choose a wallpaper image. Or choose an image from your Photos, Downloads or Drive.
To move an app or widget to another position: 1. Touch & hold the icon. 2. Slide your finger to the new position. To move between Home screens, slide toward the edge of the screen. To bump another icon out of the way, slide slowly into it. 3. Lift your finger. To remove an app icon from the Home screen without removing it permanently from your device, touch & hold it, slide your finger toward the top of the screen, and drop the app over Remove in the top left.
Manage your settings Settings controls the core Android settings for networks, hardware, location, security, language, accounts, etc. The fastest way to adjust system settings that you access frequently, such as Wi-Fi or brightness, is through Quick Settings. You can control many other settings for your device and account by swiping down from the top of the screen twice and touching . These are the main types of device or account settings available. • • Wireless & networks.
Display Change the display settings on your device by following these steps: 1. Go to Settings > Device > Display. 2. Choose from the following settings. Some of these settings may vary by your device and version of Android. All can affect battery life. • Brightness level: Move the level on your device. slider to set the brightness • Adaptive brightness: Turn on adaptive brightness to automatically optimize the brightness level on your device based on the available light around you.
Sound & notification You can change the sound and notification settings on your device by going to Settings > Device > Sound & notification. Notifications alert you to the arrival of new messages, calendar events, and alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as downloads: • Interruptions. Prioritize sound notifications so they don’t interrupt you. In Downtime, select which days and times you allow for sound notifications. • When device is locked.
Certain notifications can be expanded to show more information, such as email previews or calendar events. The one at the top is always expanded when possible. To expand a notification, position one finger inside it and swipe down slowly. To open the related app, touch the notification icon on the left. Some notifications also allow you to take specific actions by touching icons within the notification. For example, Calendar notifications allow you to Snooze (remind you later) or send email to other guests.
Go to Settings > Personal > Security > Screen pinning and turn screen pinning on. Open the app you want to pin. Touch Overview on your device. Swipe up the first screen on the bottom to bring it into view. Touch the pin . Select an option to return to the lock screen after a screen is unpinned. To exit the pinned screen, touch & hold and at the same time. Google app Google app is about getting you just the right information, at just the right time.
For example, here’s a card that appears when you’re about to start your commute: After you start using Google app, you don’t need to do anything else. If you like, you can fine-tune some settings, but Google app doesn’t need any elaborate setup. How it works To know when to show information you’ll find useful, Google app uses contextual data from your device and from other Google products, plus data from third-party products that you allow Google app to access.
To go to your feed, tap the Google app icon or swipe right on your device's home screen (this feature is only available on certain devices). What you can ask Google to do for you With the Google app, you can speak to your device to search, get directions, and create reminders. For example, say “Ok Google, do I need an umbrella tomorrow?” to see if there’s rain in the weather forecast.
3 Use the keyboard TIP: To select a keyboard language other than English, go to Settings, Personal > Language & input. For more details, visit the Keyboard help. Enter & edit text Use the onscreen keyboard to enter text. Here’s what it looks like: Keyboards on tablets work in a similar way. To make the keyboard go away, touch the Back button below it. Some apps open the keyboard automatically. In others, you first need to touch where you want to type. NOUGAT 9.
Basic editing Change where you want to type Touch the cursor, then touch and drag the tab that appears below it to the new position. Select text Touch and hold or double-tap within the text. The nearest word highlights, with a tab at each end of the selection. Drag the tabs to change the selection. Delete text Touch the Delete key to delete the characters before the cursor or selected text. Type capital letters To switch to capital letters for one letter, touch the Shift key once.
Change word capitalization If you want to quickly change the capitalization of a word you’ve already typed, you can select it and touch the Shift key. You’ll have the option to select the capitalized word or the word in all capital letters. Type a symbol or character To switch to symbol keys for one word, touch 3once. the symbol key ? View more symbols and characters Touch and hold symbols or characters to get accented characters or additional symbols.
Emoji Use Google Keyboard to choose from a variety of small, colorful images used to express emotion (known as emoji) to add some fun to your messages. Depending on your device, you may need to touch and hold the Return key and then slide your finger to the happy face to display emoji. On a tablet, just touch the emoji symbol at the lower right. You’ll see a panel like this. To move between categories, swipe left or right or touch the symbols in the top row. To type an emoji, touch it: NOUGAT 9.
Use next-word suggestions 1. Touch the location where you want to input text. 2. Start typing out a word. When the word you want is displayed in a list above the keyboard, touch it. 3. Continue to touch words unless the one you want doesn’t appear. If so, type it. Android continues to suggest words as you type. To change your keyboard and input methods, go to Settings > Personal > Language & input.
TIP: If there are letters you want to emphasize, like repeated letters, such as the “e” in sleep, pause over the “e” slightly longer before moving on to the next letter. Use Gesture Typing without the space bar When you use Gesture Typing, there’s no need to use the space bar — just continue to slide your finger across the letters you want to input, then lift your finger to start the next word.
3. Touch the dictionary you want, then Install. Type by speaking You can speak to enter text in most places where you can enter text with the onscreen keyboard. 1. Touch a text field, or a location in the text you’ve already entered in a text field. 2. Touch the Microphone key on the onscreen keyboard. 3. When you see the microphone image, speak what you want to type.
4 Control Access Manage accounts on your device You can add accounts so that information associated with that account automatically syncs with your device. You’ll need to set up an account on your device if you want to get email or get apps on Google Play. You can also add multiple users for your device, like if several people share a tablet. Adding users is different from adding accounts.
2. Select your account. If you’re using a Google Account, touch Google and then your account. Remove an account When you remove an account that you’ve added to your device, everything associated with that account, including email, contacts, and settings is also deleted. You can’t remove the account you used to initially set up your device. To remove an account from your device, follow these steps: 1. Check to see if the account you want to remove is the account you used to set up your device.
Share your device with other users You can easily share your device with family and friends by creating a separate user for each person. Each person has their own space on the device for custom Home screens, accounts, apps, settings, and more. You must be the device owner to add users. To add a new user, follow these steps: 1. Go to Settings > Device > Users. 2. Touch Add user, then touch OK. i. If you’re with the new user: Touch “Set up now” and you’ll be taken to the lock screen.
Remove a user The device’s owner can delete any user that they added: 1. Go to Settings > Device > Users. 2. Touch Settings next to the user’s name, then touch Remove user. Other users can only delete their own space. 1. Go to 2. Touch Settings > Device > Users. Menu > Delete username from this device. Guest user If someone wants to temporarily use your device, but they don’t need to be set up as a regular user, they can use it as a guest.
Security If a lock is set for your screen, the screen goes dark and locks when the display goes to sleep or if you press the Power button. You can set locks of different strengths using Screen Lock settings: 1. Go to Settings > Personal > Security > Screen lock. 2. Touch the type of lock you’d like to use. Even when your screen is locked, you can perform certain activities. • • Quick Settings: Slide down from the top of the screen to open Quick Settings without entering your password.
Protect against harmful apps Apps from Google Play are always verified by Google to protect you and your device from harm. By default, your device doesn’t al- low the installation of apps from sources other than Google Play. If you choose to allow the installation of apps from unknown sources and install apps from sources other than Google Play, it’s more likely that apps will be installed that could harm you or your device.
5 Share & store content on your device: Chromecast Chromecast is a small device that plugs into the back of your TV. It allows you to send videos and music straight from your tablet to your TV. You can use Chromecast with apps like: • YouTube • Netflix • Google Play Movies & TV • Google Play Music • Hulu Plus To see more apps, visit chromecast.com/apps.
File storage Android Nougat makes it easy to store and browse through pictures, videos, and other files on your device and attach them to an email, Hangout message, and so on. You can also use stored images as your Home screen wallpaper. For example, to attach an image to an email you’re composing, touch the Paper Clip in the top right and choose to either Attach file or Insert from Drive to select stored images in your Drive folder.
Google Play apps to access offline, Google play content never appears in downloads. SD card storage You can insert micro SD cards into your Android tablet to extend their storage capacity. Screenshots To take a screenshot: 1. Make sure the image you want to capture is displayed on the screen. 2. Press the Power and Volume down buttons simultaneously. The screenshot is automatically saved in your Photos.
To print a document, like a webpage in Chrome: Touch menu > Print . In the dialog that appears, adjust settings such as printer, copies, orientation, and more. Touch Print. NOUGAT 9.
6 Try some apps Google Play Google Play brings together all your favorite apps & games, movies & TV shows, books, music, and news & magazines in one place, so you can reach it from any of your devices. To open the Google Play app, touch Google Play. If you purchased content on Google Play in the past, you’ll automatically have access to this content on any Android device — just make sure you’re signed in using the same account that you used to purchase it. To check: 1. Open the 2.
Gmail Use the Gmail app to read and write email from any mobile device. To open it, touch Gmail on a Home or All Apps screen. Gmail isn’t just about email.
Camera The Camera app lets you take photos, panoramic photos, videos, and immersive 360-degree photo sphere shots, including what’s above and below you. To open Camera: • From the lock screen, swipe from right to left. • From the Home screen, touch Camera. The first time you open Camera, you may be asked if you want it to remember photo locations. This allows you, for example, to pinpoint the location of a particular photo with Google Maps.
To change to a different mode, swipe left to right to show the list of camera modes: Photo Sphere (optional) Panorama (optional) To capture a 360-degree or wide angle shot, pan or tilt until the circle in the center of the screen moves over a blue dot and records that portion of the image. Keep moving over the dots until you’re finished, then touch the check mark at the bottom of the screen. Touch Panorama to begin taking a panoramic photo.
Lens Blur Touch Lens Blur, then slowly raise the device (optional) following the arrow. Camera Touch Camera to take regular pictures. Video To start recording a video, touch the video button. Touch it again to stop. To change settings for each mode such as flash, exposure, and so on, touch the circle with the three dots at the bottom right of the framed image. NOUGAT 9.
Photos The Photos app gives you instant access to all your photos and videos associated with any Google Account set up on your Visual Land tablet. To open Photos. it, touch To open Photos from the: • Camera app. Swipe from right to left. • All Apps screen. Touch Photos. When you’re signed into your device with your Google Account, the Photos app makes it easy to auto-backup all the photos and videos you take, organize them, and share with friends.
Contacts The Contacts app gives you quick access to everyone you want to reach. To open it, touch the Contacts icon on a Home or All Apps screen. When you first turn on your device and sign into a Google Account, existing contacts from that account are synced with your Contacts app. After that, your contacts stay in sync automatically on your different devices or a Web browser. If you use Exchange, you can also sync that contact information with Contacts.
Hangouts With Hangouts, you can make video calls to anyone with a Google Account. You can share photos and your location with others. On some devices, Hangouts is also your default messaging app. Calendar Use the Calendar app to view and edit your schedule. To open it, touch Calendar on a Home or All Apps screen. When you first set up your Android device, you have a chance to configure it to use a Google Account (such as Gmail).
• • Open the event from the Calendar app at any time and touch Email guests. You have a list of quick responses or you can write your own. When a notification of the event arrives just before the meeting starts, swipe down the notification shade. Then swipe using one finger to expand the notification if necessary, and touch Email guests. NOUGAT 9.
7 Accessibility To use the accessibility options, open Accessibility. Settings > System > To view detailed information about setting up these options, visit Android Accessibility. Options for people with visual impairments include the following: Captions: You can turn on captions for your device and specify the language, text size, and style. For some apps, you have to turn on the captions in the app itself. TalkBack is a screen reader from Google that comes with your Android tablet.
Display and sound accessibility options include increasing the text size, changing the speed at which text is spoken, color inversion, color correction, and high contrast text. If you have low vision and don’t plan to use Explore by Touch, visit support.google.com/android to see Help content formatted for sighted users. You can make reading and navigating this material easier by increasing the text size – just open Chrome, go to Menu > Settings > Accessibility, and drag the slider to adjust the text size.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
-- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. -- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. NOUGAT 9.
