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Table of contents 1 Welcome to Android 1 About Android 5.
2 Essentials Google Now How it works 00 00 01 Try it 02 What you can ask Google to do for you 03 Turn “Ok Google” on or off 03 Display 03 Sound and notification 04 Manage accounts on your device 06 Add an account Remove an account Share your device with other users Switch users Remove a user Guest user Security 06 07 08 1/ 1/ 1/ 10 10 11 Chromecast 12 File storage 13 Screenshots 14 ANDROID QUICK START GUIDE iv
3 Use the keyboard Enter & edit text Use next-word suggestions Gesture Typing Keyboard dictionaries Type by speaking 4 Try some apps All Apps Gmail Google Play Camera Photos Contacts Hangouts Calendar 15 15 18 2/ 20 20 22 22 23 25 26 3/ 30 31 31 5 Settings 33 6 Accessibility 35 ANDROID QUICK START GUIDE v
1 Welcome to Android About Android 5.0, Lollipop Android 5.0, Lollipop is the latest version of Android, the operating system that powers not just tablets, but also wearables, TVs, and even cars. Android 5.0 features a bold and bright new design, 3D graphics support that are as good as on a desktop computer, and great new features that make your tablet work for you: Add guest users and other users without providing them access to your email, contacts, and whatever else you don’t want to share.
Android Wear Android Wear watches from other manu-facturers connect your tablet to your wrist. Pause, play, and skip music tracks or quickly respond to text messages using only your watch. Android Wear organizes your information, suggests what you need, and shows it to you before you even ask. Get messages from your friends, meeting notifications, and weather updates at a glance. Set up your device When you frst turn on your tablet, you’ll see a Welcome screen.
An email address that you use for any of the following counts as a Google Account: • • • • • • Gmail YouTube Google Play Google Apps AdWords Any other Google product Signing in with a Google Account helps you get up and running quickly. When you sign in, you can easily get all the apps you’ve purchased on Google Play onto your new device. All the email, contacts, calendar events, and other data associated with that account are automatically synced with your device.
Send an email Use the Gmail app to read and write email from your Gmail or other email addresses. 1. Touch Gmail on a Home or All Apps screen. 2. If you already signed into a Gmail account during setup, your email will be synced to your device. Otherwise, add an email address now. Status bar The status bar is at the very top of the screen. On the right, you can see the Wi-Fi and mobile signal strength, how much battery power is left, and the time.
• Display brightness: ness of your screen. • Auto-rotate: Slide to lower or increase the bright- Lock your device’s orientation in portrait or landscape mode. Quick Settings look like this: Open the main Settings app by touching right. Settings in the top You can also turn Auto Rotate on or off from Quick Settings, to lock or unlock automatic screen rotation.
Your Android device’s battery is built to get you through your day. When you’re running low, Android’s battery saver conserves your Settings > Battery > Battery battery power. To turn it on, go to saver. For more information, visit Manage battery life. Get around At the bottom of every Home screen you’ll find the Favorites tray: another quick way to get to your apps. To open an app, touch it.
Overview Opens a list of thumbnail images of screens you’ve worked with recently. To open one, touch it. To remove a screen from the list, swipe it left or right or touch on the X. Some apps hide these buttons temporarily, or fade them to small dots in the same position. To bring them back, touch the dots, touch the screen in the middle, or swipe up from the bottom. Menus Many screens in Apps and in Settings include a Menu icon at the top right of the screen.
Organize your Home screens • • • • • To change your wallpaper, add a widget, adjust Search settings, or change screen order, touch & hold the background of any Home screen. You can have any number of Home screens to the right. To add a new screen, swipe to the rightmost screen and drag an app or widget to the right edge. The screen to the left of the main Home screen is reserved for Google Now, and is available only when Google Now is turned on.
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. Touch & type To select or activate something, touch it. To type something, such as a name, password, or search terms, just touch where you want to type. A keyboard pops up that lets you type into the field.
• and pinching them together (to enlarge scale) or spreading them apart (to reduce it). Rotate the screen. The orientation of most screens rotates with your device as you turn it. To keep your screen locked in Portrait mode, swipe down with two fingers from the top Portrait/Auto-Rotate in Quick of any screen and touch Settings. Android version & updates To check your version number or get the latest system update, first go to Settings > System > About tablet. Then look for these labels: • System updates.
2 Essentials Google Now Google Now is about getting you just the right information, at just the right time. It tells you today’s weather before you start your day, how much traffic to expect before you leave for work, and even your favorite team’s score while they’re playing.
After you start using Google Now, you don’t need to do anything else. If you like, you can fine-tune some settings, but Google Now doesn’t need any elaborate setup. How it works To know when to show information you’ll find useful, Google Now uses contextual data from your device and from other Google products, plus data from third-party products that you allow Google Now to access.
Try it You have a chance to turn on Google Now when you first set up your device. You can also turn it on or off at any time: 1. Touch & hold any empty space on your Home screen. 2. Go to Settings > Google Now. To open Google Now, swipe up from the Home button. Updates appear in the form of Google Now cards. When you don’t need a card anymore, swipe it from left to right. Swiping from right to left returns you to the main Home screen. When you want to see more cards, touch More at the bottom of the screen.
What you can ask Google to do for you When you use Google Now, 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. Turn “Ok Google” on or off You can start a search or task by saying “Ok Google.” To turn it off or on, open Google Now or the Google app and touch Menu > Settings > Voice > OK Google detection.
ful backgrounds, and more when your device is charging or docked. • if you want your tablet to wake up when you pick it up or when a notification arrives. Sound & notification You can change the sound and notification settings on your deSettings > Device > Sound & notification. vice by going to Notifications alert you to the arrival of new messages, calendar events, and alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as downloads: • • • • Interruptions.
When a notification arrives, its icon appears at the top of the screen. Icons for pending notifications appear on the left, and system icons showing things like the Wi-Fi signal, mobile carrier signal, or battery strength are on the right: Notifications Wi-Fi signal Battery 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.
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.
or POP3, try IMAP first. Many email services use IMAP. i. Choose “Google” if you want to add your Google Account. When you sign in with a Google Account, all the email, contacts, calendar events, and other data associated with that account are automatically synced with your device. ii. Follow the on-screen instructions to add the account. To change the settings of any of the accounts you added, follow these steps: 1. Go to Settings > Personal > Accounts. 2. Select your account.
3. Under “Accounts,” touch the name of the account you want to remove. If you’re using a Google Account, touch Google and then the account. • When you sign out of your Google Account, all the email, contacts, Calendar events, and other data associated with that account will no longer automatically sync with your device. 4. Touch Menu in the top right corner of the screen. 5. Touch Remove account.
Switch users To switch users, swipe down from the top of any screen twice to open Quick Settings. Touch the image of the current user in the top right corner of the screen, then touch another user’s image. Remove a user The device’s owner can delete any user that they added: 1. Go to Settings > Device > Users. Settings next to the user’s name, then touch Re2. Touch move user. Other users can only delete their own space. 1. Go to 2. Touch Settings > Device > Users. Menu > Delete username from this device.
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.
Trusted devices and face matching You can set your device to stay unlocked while connected to a Bluetooth device—like a watch, fitness tracker, headset, or car speaker system. You can also set your device to unlock when it touches an NFC tag. You can also have your device unlock when it recognizes your face. After setting a trusted face, every time you turn on your device, it will search for your face and unlock if it recognizes you.
