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Copyright © 2016 Google Inc. All rights reserved. Edition 1.5a Google, Android, Gmail, Google Maps, Chrome, Chromecast, Android Wear, Nexus, Google Play, YouTube, Google+, and other trademarks are property of Google Inc. A list of Google trademarks is available at http://www.google. com/permissions/trademark/our-trademarks.html. All other marks and trademarks are properties of their respective owners. This book introduces Android 5.0, Lollipop for Nexus and Google Play edition devices.
Make yourself at home 4 Send an SMS (text message) from your phone 5 Make a phone call 5 Make a video call 6 Send an email 7 Status bar 7 Quick Settings 8 Manage battery life 9 Get around 10 Nexus navigation buttons 10 Google Play edition navigation buttons 11 Menus 11 Organize your Home screens 11 Touch & type 13 Help & support 14 Android version & updates 14 2 Essentials Google Now 16 16 How it works 17 Try it 17 What you can ask Google to do for you 18 Turn “Ok Goo
Switch users 25 Remove a user 25 Guest user 25 Security 26 Smart Lock 27 Screen pinning 27 Protect against harmful apps 28 Android Device Manager 29 Android Beam 29 Tap & pay 30 Printing 30 Chromecast 31 File storage 32 Screenshots 33 3 Use the keyboard 34 Enter & edit text 34 Use next-word suggestions 37 Gesture Typing 38 Keyboard dictionaries 39 Type by speaking 39 4 Try some apps 41 All Apps 41 Gmail 42 Google Play 45 Camera 46 Photos 49 ANDROID QUICK ST
Contacts 49 Messenger 50 Hangouts 53 Calendar 53 5 Settings 55 6 Accessibility 57 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 phones and tablets, but also wearables, TVs, and even cars. This guide introduces the Android 5.0 software available on Nexus and Google Play edition mobile devices. For hardware details for these devices, such as how to insert a SIM card, specs, and so on, visitsupport.google.com/android.
• Easier ways to manage battery usage, including a battery saver feature to extend battery life. • More ways to secure your phone. Android Auto Android Auto will be supported by most major car manufacturers starting with 2015 models. It allows you to plug in your phone to display your music, contacts, and messages on the car’s built-in screen.
Android Wear Android Wear watches from LG, Motorola, Sony, and other manufacturers connect your phone 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. For more information, visit play.google.com/store/devices.
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.
• To see notifications, swipe down from the top of the screen with one finger. • To open Quick Settings—frequently used settings—swipe down from the top of the screen twice with one finger or once with two fingers. See “Quick Settings” on page 7. • To open Settings, swipe down from the top of any screen with two fingers or swipe twice with one finger, then touch in the top right. • From the Home screen, touch Google at the top of the screen, or say “Ok Google” to search and start telling Google what to do.
other apps or widgets that display contact information. Wherever you see a phone number, you can usually touch it to dial. To place a call to one of your contacts: 1. Touch Phone on a Home or All Apps screen. 2. To choose someone to call, scroll or search. If the keypad is in the way, touch the Back button to lower it. 3. To place a call, touch the contact’s name. To view recent calls, touch the Recents tab. To use the keypad, touch the keypad.
Add at the top of the main Hangouts screen and start typing a name, email address, or phone number. Matching names and numbers from your contacts appear as you type. 2. Choose a name, then touch Video at the top of the screen. To adjust notification preferences and other settings, touch Settings. Menu > For more details, visitHangouts help. Send an email Use the Gmail app to read and write email from your Gmail or other email addresses. Gmail on a Home or All Apps screen. 2.
Quick Settings Use Quick Settings to easily get to frequently used settings, like turning on airplane mode. To open Quick Settings, swipe down from the top of the screen with two fingers or twice with one finger. To change a setting, just touch the icon: • 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”.
OpenthemainSettingsappbytouching Settings inthetop right. You can also turn Auto Rotate on or off from Quick Settings, to lock or unlock automatic screen rotation. 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.
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. To drag an app in or out of the Favorites tray or anywhere else on a Home screen, touch & hold it, then move it with your finger where you want it. Nexus navigation buttons At the bottom of most phone or tablet screens, no matter what you’re doing, you’ll always find the navigation bar with three buttons.
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. Google Play edition navigation buttons Some Google Play edition devices have two or three buttons just below the screen. These could be physical buttons or buttons that only appear when you touch below the screen. • Menu: This button opens options depending on the screen you’re on. • Home: Opens Home.
• 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 create a folder, slide one icon quickly on top of another. • To name or rename a folder, open it and touch its name. To change the wallpaper: 1. Touch & hold the background, then touch Wallpapers. 2.
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. Other common gestures include: • Touch & hold. To select an item, touch & hold it by not lifting your finger until something happens.
swipe down with two fingers from the top of any screen and touch Portrait/Auto-Rotate in Quick Settings. Help & support For most Google apps, you can get to help and support from the Menu. Other apps include a Menu icon that you can touch. This book introduces just a few of the key features and apps that come with Android 5.0. For more details about Android software and apps, Nexus and Google Play edition devices available onGoogle Play, and all forms of support, visit: • support.google.
If you don’t have a Nexus or Google Play edition phone or tablet and are running Android 5.0 on some other device, some details of the system as described in this book may vary. For comprehensive online help and support, including details about Nexus and Google Play edition hardware running the software described in this book and links to information about other Android devices, visitsupport.google.com/android.
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. For example, here’s a Google Now card that appears when you’re about to start your commute: After you start using Google Now, you don’t need to do anything else.
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. For example, if you have an appointment in Google Calendar that includes an address, Google Now can check traffic and suggest when to leave.
To open Google Now on Nexus 5, 6, and 9, 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. To adjust the way certain cards get updated: • Manage reminders: From the Menu at the top left of the screen, touch Reminders.
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. 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. See “Manage battery life” on page 8 for more information.
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. Touch the settings to turn phone call and message interruptions on or off.
Notifications Wi-Fisignal Battery Mobilesignal strength TIP: Wi-Fi and mobile signal strength are indicated at the top of the screen by white bars. To see whether the selected Wi-Fi network has a full Internet connection, openQuick Settings by swiping down with two fingers from the top of the screen. In Quick Settings only, white bars in the Wi-Fi or mobile signal indicators indicate the signal strength of a normal Internet connection.
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. Learn more about the differences between IMAP and POP3. 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.
2. Open the Settings menu on your device. 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.
the picture and unlock the screen. Each user can set their own screen lock. 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: to Settings > Device > Users. 2. Touch Settings next to the user’s name, then touch Remove user. 1. Go Other users can only delete their own space. 1.
When your guest is finished using your device, you can switch back to another user. To switch to another user: Swipe down from the top of any screen, and then touch the bar at the top to open Quick Settings. To choose another user, touch the image in the top right corner of the screen, then touch another user’s image. 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.
For more information, visitCustomize the screen lock. Smart Lock You can turn on Smart Lock to keep your device unlocked when it’s clear that you have it with you—for example, when it’s connected to your Bluetooth watch or when it recognizes your face. 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.
When a screen is unpinned, you can choose to return to the screen where you enter your password or PIN. To pin a screen: 1. Go to Settings > Security > Screen pinning and turn screen pinning on. 2. Open an app. 3. Touch Overview on your device. Swipe up the first screen on the bottom to bring it into view. 4. Touch the pin. Here, you can select an option to return to the lock screen after a screen is unpinned. 5. To exit from the pinned screen, touch and hold and at the same time.
For more information or to change the default behavior, visit Prohttps://support.google.com/nexus/answer/2812853tect against harmful apps. Android Device Manager If you lose your phone or tablet, the Android Device Manager can help you find its approximate location, make it ring, lock it, or erase its data. These options are turned on by default. To view or change them, open the Google Settings app (found in Android Device Manager.
2. Move the back of your device toward the back of the other device. When the devices connect, you hear a sound, the image on your screen reduces in size, and you see the message Touch to beam. 3. Touch your screen anywhere. The other device displays the transferred content. Or, if the necessary app isn’t installed, Google Play opens to a screen where your friend can download the app. To turn on NFC, go to Settings > Wireless & networks > More > NFC.
Before you can print, you need a printing service installed on your device. To check what services are currently available, go to > Printing. Settings > System From here, you can open each available service to turn it on or off, check which printers it makes available, add new printers, and adjust the service’s settings. To print a document, such as a webpage in Chrome: 1. Touch Menu > Print. 2. In the dialog that appears, adjust settings such as printer, copies, orientation, and so on. 3. Touch Print.
1. Open the video or music in one of the apps listed above. 2. Touch Cast. 3. Play the content as usual to stream it to your TV. For more information, seeCast from apps to your TV. File storage Android 5.0 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.
• Touch an item to open it. • In your list of downloads, touch & hold an item to select it. Touch Share and choose a sharing method from the list. Touch to delete. Google Play streams purchases and rentals via the Internet. So the purchases and rentals don’t always occupy storage space when you play them. Although you can download content in Google Play apps to access offline, Google Play content never appears in Downloads. Screenshots To take a screenshot from Nexus or Google Play edition devices: 1.
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 on a Nexus phone: 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.
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 touch the To switch to capital letters for one letter, letters Shift key once.
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 the symbol key ?123once. You can also touch and hold the symbol key ?123while you type or you can touch thesymbol key ?123and slide to another key. When you release the key, the letter keys reappear. View more symbols and characters Touch and hold symbols or characters to get accented characters or additional symbols.
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: 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.
Gesture Typing Gesture Typing works best for English. Quality varies for other languages, and some don’t support it yet. To input a word using Gesture Typing: 1. Touch the location where you want to type to open the keyboard. 2. Slide your finger slowly across the letters of the word you want to input. 3. Release your finger when the word you want is displayed in the floating preview or the middle of the suggestion strip. To select one of the other words in the suggestion strip, touch it.
Keyboard dictionaries To manage keyboard dictionaries, go to Language & input. Settings > Personal > Personal dictionary You can add your own words to your personal dictionary so that your device remembers them. To add a word or phrase, including an optional shortcut, go to Settings > Personal > Language & input > Google Keyboard > Text Correction >Personal dictionary and the language of the dictionary you want to modify, then choose Add and type in the word.
In some languages, you can also enter punctuation by speaking it, like “comma,” “period,” “question mark,” “exclamation mark,” or “exclamation point.” Supported languages include English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Russian. To improve processing of your voice input, Google may record a few seconds of background noise in temporary memory at any time. This recording remains on the device only temporarily and is not sent to Google.
4 Try some apps All Apps To see all your apps, touch tray on any Home screen. All Apps in the Favorites This is where you can see all your apps, including those that come with your phone and those you downloaded on Google Play. You can move app icons to any of your Home screens. From All Apps, you can: • Move between screens. Swipe left or right. • Open an app. Touch its icon. • Place an app icon on a Home screen.
To view info about an app from an All Apps screen, touch & hold it, slide your finger toward the top of the screen, and drop the app over Info. App TIP: Some apps can harm you or your device. However, you don’t need to purchase anti-virus software for Nexus or Google Play edition devices. Google can verify apps to help prevent harmful software from being installed. For more details, visitProtect against harmful apps. Use the Gmail app to read and write email from any mobile device.
• Touch the icons along the top of the screen to archive, throw away, and mark as read. Touch to mark a message as unread. Look under the Menu to move, change labels, mute, print and do other actions to the email. • Swipe left or right to read the previous or next conversation. Organize your conversations: From the Inbox, touch & hold a conversation to select it. Then use the icons and menu along the top of the screen to manage the selected messages.
and other data associated with that account are automatically synced with your device. 4. Follow the on-screen instructions to add the account. To change the settings of any of the accounts you added, follow these steps: 1. Open the Settings menu on your device. 2. Under “Personal,” touch “Accounts” and select your account. If you’re using a Google account, touch Google and then your account.
To set preferences, clear your search history, and turn on user controls, go to Menu > Settings. For example, to filter apps based on maturity level or require a PIN for purchases, touch Content filtering or Require authentication for purchases. To find your content, open any of the Google Play apps from the Apps screen and touch Menu. All Google Play support For more details about Google Play, including phone and email support options, visitsupport.google.com/googleplay.
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 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.
Photo Sphere 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.
Panorama Touch Panorama to begin taking a panoramic photo. Find your starting point, and touch the shutter to take the first picture in the panorama. To take the subsequent pictures, slowly swivel the phone in place to move the target icon over each gray dot until the dot turns blue. Keep hovering over the dots until all of them are blue and your image is complete. Then touch the check mark at the bottom of the screen. Lens Blur Touch Lens Blur, then slowly raise the device following the arrow.
For more details, visitCamera help. Photos The Photos app gives you instant access to all your photos and videos associated with any Google Account set up on your phone or tablet. To open it, touch Photos. 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.
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.
The Messenger app for sending SMS/text messages is available for devices running Android Lollipop, 5.0 or higher. To read and respond to messages, follow these steps: 1. When you receive a new message, you’ll get a notification on your device and a new message icon will appear in your notification panel. 2. To open and read the message, touch the new message notification in the notifications panel. 3. To respond to a message, touch the Send message box and type your message. 4. To send, touch Send.
4. To write your message, touch the Send message box and type your message. Learn more about using Google Keyboard and emoji. See “Use the keyboard” on page 34. 5. If you touch the Back button while composing a message, it’s saved as a draft in Messenger. Touch the conversation to resume composing it. 6. To send, touch Send. You can manage your messages, conversations, notifications, and contacts right from Messenger home screen. You can also change your sound, notification, and other settings.
• Add contact. Touch Add contact to add the conversation’s contact to your list of contacts. For more information, visit Messenger help. 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 Nexus devices, Hangouts is also your default messaging app. For more information about using Hangouts, visit Hangouts help. Calendar Use the Calendar app to view and edit your schedule.
From any of these views, you can: • Read or edit event details. Touch an event to view its details. • Manage events and calendars. Touch icons across the top of the screen or the menu to search or create events, return to today, or adjust settings. To email everyone who is invited to an event, you have two options: • 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.
5 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. See “Quick Settings” on page 7. 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.
ANDROID QUICK START GUIDE SETTINGS Most apps also include their own settings, typically available from the menu on the upper left side of the app, or from the Menu > Settings. On Google Play edition devices, settings may be in the Menu button. Some useful settings are also available from the Google Settings app. The Google Settings app let you adjust adjust preferences for commonly used Google apps and services in one place, including Google+, Location, Search, and the Android Device Manager.
ANDROID QUICK START GUIDE SETTINGS 6 Accessibility To use the accessibility options, open Accessibility. Settings > System > To view detailed information about setting up these options, visitAndroid 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.
gestures and how lists are scrolled. ANDROID QUICK START GUIDE ACCESSIBILITY 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, visitsupport.google.com/android to see Help content formatted for sighted users.
FCC Warning 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. Any Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
-Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) information: This 5.5 inch smart phone meets the government's requirements for exposure to radio waves. The guidelines are based on standards that were developed by independent scientific organizations through periodic and thorough evaluation of scientific studies. The standards include a substantial safety margin designed to assure the safety of all persons regardless of age or health.
Body-worn Operation This device was tested for typical body-worn operations. To comply with RF exposure requirements, a minimum separation distance of 1cm must be maintained between the user’s body and the handset, including the antenna. Third-party belt-clips, holsters, and similar accessories used by this device should not contain any metallic components. Body-worn accessories that do not meet these requirements may not comply with RF exposure requirements and should be avoided.
