Asus ME375CL E-Manual
ASUS
Tablet
E9816
March 2015
First Edition
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Contents
Conventions used .................................................................................................................................6
Care and safety ....................................................................................................................................... 6
1 Basics
Welcome! .................................................................................................................................................. 8
Starting ...................................................................................................................................................... 9
Using the touchscreen.......................................................................................................................11
2 There’s no place like Home
Zen Home features .....................................................................................................14
Home screen .........................................................................................................................................14
Manage Home screens ...............................................................................................16
App shortcuts .......................................................................................................................................16
Widgets ...................................................................................................................................................17
Wallpapers .............................................................................................................................................18
Extended Home screen .....................................................................................................................19
Setting up the date and time ..........................................................................................................20
Setting up your alert sounds ........................................................................................................... 20
Quick settings .......................................................................................................................................21
System notications ...........................................................................................................................22
Lock Screen .................................................................................................................23
Customizing your lock screen .........................................................................................................23
Customizing the quick access buttons ........................................................................................24
3 Keeping in touch
Managing contacts ..................................................................................................... 25
Launching the Contacts app ...........................................................................................................25
Contacts Settings ................................................................................................................................25
Setting up your prole ......................................................................................................................26
Adding contacts ...................................................................................................................................26
Setting up your VIPs ...........................................................................................................................28
Marking your favorite contacts ......................................................................................................31
Importing contacts ............................................................................................................................. 32
Exporting contacts .............................................................................................................................. 32
Social networking with your contacts .........................................................................................33
4 Your precious moments
Capture moments .......................................................................................................34
Launching the Camera app .............................................................................................................34
Using Camera for the rst time.......................................................................................................35
Advanced camera features ..............................................................................................................39
Using the Gallery ........................................................................................................45
Viewing the photo location .............................................................................................................45
Sharing les from the Gallery ..........................................................................................................46
Deleting les from the Gallery ........................................................................................................ 46
Editing images ......................................................................................................................................46
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Using MicroFilm ...................................................................................................................................48
5 Work hard, play harder
Browser ........................................................................................................................50
Launching the Browser app .............................................................................................................50
Sharing pages .......................................................................................................................................51
Reading the pages later ....................................................................................................................51
Adding a new tab ................................................................................................................................51
Bookmarking pages ...........................................................................................................................51
Smartly read online ............................................................................................................................52
Clearing the browser cache .............................................................................................................53
Email ............................................................................................................................53
Setting up email accounts................................................................................................................53
Adding email accounts ......................................................................................................................54
Setting up a Gmail account .............................................................................................................54
Calendar ......................................................................................................................55
Creating events ....................................................................................................................................55
Adding accounts to Calendar .........................................................................................................55
Creating an event from your account ..........................................................................................56
Enabling alert reminders for events .............................................................................................56
What’s Next .................................................................................................................57
Getting event reminders...................................................................................................................57
Accepting or declining invites to events ....................................................................................58
Getting event-related alerts ............................................................................................................59
Getting weather updates .................................................................................................................61
Displaying the 7-day weather forecast ........................................................................................61
Do It Later .................................................................................................................... 62
Adding Do It Later tasks ....................................................................................................................62
Prioritizing Do It Later tasks .............................................................................................................62
Catching up on my online reading now .....................................................................................63
Deleting to-do tasks ........................................................................................................................... 63
SuperNote ...................................................................................................................64
Creating a notebook ..........................................................................................................................65
File Manager................................................................................................................66
Accessing the internal storage .......................................................................................................66
Accessing the external storage device ........................................................................................66
Data Transfer ............................................................................................................... 67
6 Fun and entertainment
Using a headset ........................................................................................................... 68
Connecting the audio jack ...............................................................................................................68
Play Games .................................................................................................................. 69
Using Play Games ................................................................................................................................69
Music ............................................................................................................................ 70
Launching Music ..................................................................................................................................70
Playing songs ........................................................................................................................................70
Creating a playlist ................................................................................................................................71
PlayTo other devices ...........................................................................................................................72
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7 Staying connected
Mobile network ........................................................................................................... 73
Enabling the mobile network .........................................................................................................73
Wi-Fi .............................................................................................................................73
Enabling Wi-Fi .......................................................................................................................................73
Connecting to a Wi-Fi network ....................................................................................................... 74
Disabling Wi-Fi ......................................................................................................................................74
Bluetooth® ................................................................................................................... 74
Enabling Bluetooth® ...........................................................................................................................74
Pairing your ASUS Tablet to a Bluetooth® device .....................................................................75
Unpairing your ASUS Tablet from the Bluetooth® device .....................................................75
PlayTo ...........................................................................................................................76
Launching PlayTo.................................................................................................................................76
8 Weather and Clock
Weather .......................................................................................................................77
Launching the Weather app ............................................................................................................ 77
Weather home screen ........................................................................................................................77
Clock ............................................................................................................................78
World Clock ............................................................................................................................................78
Alarm clock ............................................................................................................................................79
Stopwatch .............................................................................................................................................. 79
Timer ........................................................................................................................................................80
9 Zen Everywhere
Special Zen Tools .........................................................................................................81
Calculator ...............................................................................................................................................81
Quick Memo ..........................................................................................................................................83
Sound Recorder ...................................................................................................................................84
Audio Wizard .........................................................................................................................................86
Splendid ..................................................................................................................................................87
Power Saver ...........................................................................................................................................89
10 Maintain your Zen
Keeping your device up-to-date ................................................................................ 91
Updating your system .......................................................................................................................91
Storage ....................................................................................................................................................91
Backup and reset .................................................................................................................................91
Securing your ASUS Tablet ............................................................................................................... 92
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Conventions used
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IMPORTANT! This message contains vital information that must be followed to complete a task.
NOTE: This message contains additional information and tips that can help complete tasks.
CAUTION! This message contains important information that must be followed to keep you safe while
performing tasks and prevent damage to your ASUS Tablet data and components.
Care and safety
Guidelines
Road safety comes rst. We strongly recommend not to use your device when
driving or operating any type of vehicle.
This device should only be used in environments with ambient temperatures
between 0°C (32°F) and 35°C (95°F).
Turn o your device in restricted areas where the use of mobile devices is prohibited.
Always obey rules and regulations when in restricted areas.
Use only AC adapters and cables approved by ASUS for use with this device. Refer to
the rating label on the bottom of your device and ensure that your power adapter
complies with this rating.
Do not use damaged power cables, accessories, and other peripherals with your
device.
Keep your device dry. Do not use or expose your device near liquids, rain, or
moisture.
You can put your device through x-ray machines (such as those used in conveyor
belts for airport security), but do not expose the device to magnetic detectors and
wands.
The device screen is made of glass. If the glass gets broken, stop using the device
and do not touch the broken glass parts. Immediately send device for repair to
ASUS-qualied service personnel.
Do not listen at high volume levels for long periods to prevent possible hearing
damage.
Disconnect the AC power before cleaning your device. Use only a clean cellulose
sponge or chamois cloth when cleaning your device screen.
Send device for repair to ASUS-qualied service personnel only.
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Proper disposal
Risk of explosion if battery is replaced by an incorrect type. Dispose of used batteries
according to the instructions.
Do not throw your device in municipal waste. This product has been designed to
enable proper reuse of parts and recycling. The symbol of the crossed out wheeled
bin indicates that the product (electrical, electronic equipment and mercurycontaining button cell battery) should not be placed in municipal waste. Check local
regulations for disposal of electronic products.
Do not throw the battery in municipal waste. The symbol of the crossed out wheeled
bin indicates that the battery should not be placed in municipal waste.
DO NOT throw the device in re. DO NOT short circuit the contacts. DO NOT
disassemble the device.
WARNING: This product may contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer,
and birth defects or other reproductive harm. Wash hands after handling.
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1 Basics
Basics
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Welcome!
Explore the intuitive simplicity of ASUS Zen UI!
ASUS Zen UI is a charming and intuitive interface exclusively for ASUS Tablets. It provides you with
special apps, which are integrated in or with other apps, to t your individual needs and make your
life easier while letting you have fun with your ASUS Tablet.
Camera
With PixelMaster technology, capture those precious moments in vivid and high-quality
photos and videos.
Do It Later
Get hold and act on your important emails, interesting websites, or other important
tasks when it is more convenient for you to do so.
What’s Next
View meeting details, emails, and other event alerts or notications at a glance right
from your Home screen, Lock Screen, or What’s Next app.
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Starting
When you turn your ASUS Tablet on for the rst time, a wizard will guide you through the setup
process. Follow the onscreen instructions to select input methods, set up your mobile network and
Wi-Fi, sync accounts, and congure your location services.
Use your Google account to set up your device. If you do not have a Google account yet, go ahead
and create a Google account.
Google account
Using a Google account allows you to fully utilize these Android OS features:
• Organize and see all your information from anywhere.
• Automatically backup all your data.
• Leverage Google services conveniently from anywhere.
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Battery power conservation tips
The battery charge is the lifeline of your ASUS Tablet. Here are some battery power conservation
tips that helps preserve the power of your ASUS Tablet’s battery.
• When not in use, press the power button to put the device in sleep mode.
• Activate Smart Saving in Power Saver app.
• Decrease brightness of display.
• Keep the speaker volume to a low level.
• Disable Wi-Fi feature.
• Disable Bluetooth feature.
• Disable PlayTo feature.
• Disable GPS.
• Disable the screen auto-rotate feature.
• Disable all auto-sync features in your device.
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Using the touchscreen
Use these gestures on the touchscreen to launch apps, access some settings, and navigate your
ASUS Tablet.
Launching apps or selecting items
Do any of the following:
• To launch an app, simply tap on it.
• To select an item such as in File Manager app, simply tap on it.
Moving or deleting items
Do any of the following:
• To move an app or widget, tap and hold then drag it to the location where you want it to be.
• To delete an app or widget from the Home screen, tap and hold then drag it up to Remove.
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Moving through pages or screens
Do any of the following:
• Swipe your nger to the left or to the right to switch between screens or to ip through a
Gallery of images.
• Scroll your nger up or down to go through web pages or list of items.
Zooming in
Spread apart your two ngers on the touch panel to zoom in an image in Gallery or Maps.
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Zooming out
Bring together your two ngers on the touch panel to zoom out an image in Gallery or Maps.
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2 There’s no place like Home
There’s no place like Home
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NOTE: Actual apps shown onscreen may vary per model. The following screenshot is for reference only.
Zen Home features
Home screen
Get reminders of important events, app and system updates, and weather forecasts, right from your
Home screen.
Swipe down this area to display System notications
Swipe down this area to display Quick settings
Tap to open Voice Search
Tap to open Google Search page
Tap to display Time settings
Tap to update Weather settings
Tap to open All Apps screen
Tap to open an app
Swipe the Home screen to the left or right to display the extended Home screen.
NOTE: To add more pages to your Home screen, see Extended Home screen.
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Understanding notication icons
These icons are shown on the status bar and will guide you of the current status of your ASUS
Tablet.
Mobile network
Shows the signal strength of your mobile network.
Micro SIM card
Shows if there is no Micro SIM card inserted.
Wi-Fi
Shows the signal strength of your Wi-Fi connection.
Battery life
Shows the battery status of your ASUS Tablet.
MicroSD card
Shows that a microSD card is inserted in your ASUS Tablet.
Screenshots
Shows that you took screenshots of your ASUS Tablet.
Airplane mode
Shows that your ASUS Tablet is on Airplane mode.
Wi-Fi Hotspot
Shows that Wi-Fi hotspot of your ASUS Tablet is enabled.
Smart Saving mode
Shows that Smart Saving mode is enabled.
NOTE: For more details, see Power Saver.
Mute mode
Shows that Mute mode is enabled.
Download status
Shows the download status of an app or le.
Reading Mode
Shows that Reading mode is enabled.
NOTE: For more details, see Reading Mode.
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Manage Home screens
Stamp your own personality on your Home screen. Select an attractive design as your wallpaper,
add shortcuts for quick access to your favorite apps, and add widgets for a quick review of
important info. You can also add more pages so you can add and quickly access or view more apps
or widgets on your Home screen.
App shortcuts
App shortcuts make it easier to quickly-access your often-used or favorite apps from your Home
screen. You can add, remove, or group your apps into one folder.
Adding app shortcuts
Add shortcuts to quickly access your often-used apps right from your Home screen.
1. Tap and hold an empty area on your Home screen and select Apps.
2. From the All Apps list, tap and hold an app, then drag it to an empty area on your Home screen.
Removing app shortcuts
From your Home screen, tap and hold an app, then drag it to Remove on top of your screen. The
app that you’ve removed from your Home screen will remain in the All Apps screen.
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Grouping your app shortcuts in a folder
Create folders to organize your app shortcuts on your Home screen.
1. On your Home screen, tap and drag an app onto another app and a folder will appear.
2. Tap the new folder and tap Unnamed Folder to assign a name to this folder.
Widgets
You can put widgets, which are small dynamic apps, on your Home screen. Widgets provide you
with quick-views of the weather forecast, calendar events information, battery status, and more.
Adding widgets
To add a widget:
1. Tap and hold an empty area on your Home screen and select Widgets.
2. From the Widgets screen, tap and hold a widget, then drag it to an empty area on your Home
screen.
Removing widgets
From your Home screen, tap and hold a widget, then drag it to Remove on top of your screen.
NOTE: You can also tap on your Home screen to view All Apps and Widgets.
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Wallpapers
Let your apps, icons, and other Zen elements sit on an attractively designed wallpaper. You may
add a translucent background tint to your wallpaper for readability and clarity. You can also select
an animated wallpaper to make your screen come alive.
Tap to apply a background tint
Tap to select the background tint
Move the slider to adjust the transparency of the wallpaper
Tap to select a wallpaper
Tap to apply the wallpaper settings
Applying wallpaper and background tint
To apply wallpaper and background tint:
1. Tap and hold an empty area on your Home screen and select Wallpapers.
2. Select where you want your wallpaper: on your Home screen, Lock screen, or Home screen
and Lock screen. If you do not want to add a background tint to your wallpaper, skip to step 5.
3. Tick Background tint, then adjust the transparency level.
4. Tap then select a color.
5. Select a wallpaper, then tap Apply.
NOTE: Apply a background tint to your Home screen, or Home screen and Lock screen.
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Applying an animated wallpaper
To apply an animated wallpaper:
1. Tap and hold an empty area on your Home screen and select Wallpapers.
2. Select where you want your wallpaper: on your Home screen, or Home Screen and Lock
screen.
3. Select an animated wallpaper, then tap Apply.
NOTE: You can also set up your wallpaper settings from > Settings > Display.
Extended Home screen
Extending your Home screen
You can add more pages to extend your Home screen and put more app shortcuts and widgets on
it.
1. Tap and hold an empty area on your Home screen and select Edit page.
2. Tap to a add a new page. If you wish to delete an extended Home screen, select then drag
and drop it into .
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Setting up the date and time
By default, the date and time displayed on your Home screen automatically sync with your mobile
provider’s settings.
To change the date and time settings:
1. Launch the Settings screen by doing any of the following:
• Launch Quick settings then tap .
• Tap > Settings.
2. Scroll down the Settings screen and select Date & time.
3. Deselect Automatic date & time and Automatic time zone.
4. Select the time zone and manually set the date and time.
5. You can opt to use the 24-hour format, if you prefer.
6. Select the date format that you want to display.
NOTE: See also Clock.
Setting up your alert sounds
Set up the sound for notications such as emails, and event alerts. You can also choose to enable or
disable touch sounds and screen lock sound.
To set up the sound settings:
1. Launch the Settings screen by doing any of the following:
• Launch Quick settings then tap .
• Tap > Settings.
2. Scroll down the Settings screen and select Sound.
3. Set up your preferred sound settings.
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Quick settings
The Quick settings panel provides a one-tap access to some of the wireless features and settings of
your ASUS Tablet. Each of these features are represented by a button.
To launch the Quick settings panel, swipe down from the upper right corner of your ASUS Tablet.
NOTE: A blue button indicates that the feature is currently enabled while a gray button indicates a
disabled feature. The green buttons refer to individual utilities that you can quickly access via the Quick
Settings Notication Panel.
Tap to open Settings.
Tap to view current System notications.
Slide left or right to adjust the
screen’s brightness.
Tap these buttons to quick-launch these utilities.
Tap these buttons to enable or
disable their functions.
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Adding or removing buttons
To add or remove existing buttons from the ASUS Quick Settings notication panel:
1. Launch Quick settings then tap .
2. Tap the box beside the feature to add or remove it from the ASUS Quick Setting Notication
Panel.
NOTE: A checked box indicates that the feature's button is accessible via the ASUS Quick Settings
Notication Panel while an unchecked box means the opposite.
3. Tap to go back and view the current ASUS Quick Settings notication panel.
System notications
From System notications, you can see the latest updates and system changes made on your ASUS
Tablet. Most of these changes are data and system-related.
To launch the System notications panel, swipe down from the upper left corner of your ASUS
Tablet.
Tap this to delete all of the listed notications.
Tap on the notication to view its
details.
Swipe the notication to the left
or right to remove it from the list.
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Lock Screen
By default, the lock screen appears after turning on your device and while waking it up from sleep
mode. From the lock screen, you can proceed to your device’s Android® system by swiping on your
touch screen panel.
Your device’s lock screen can also be customized to regulate access to your mobile data and apps.
Customizing your lock screen
If you want to change your lock screen settings from the default Swipe option, refer to the
following steps:
1. Launch Quick settings then tap .
2. Scroll down the Settings screen and select Lock screen.
3. In the next screen, tap Screen lock.
4. Tap the screen lock option you would like to use.
NOTE: For more details, see Securing your ASUS Tablet.
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Customizing the quick access buttons
By default, your lock screen includes quick access buttons for these apps: Browser, Email, and
Camera. Change this default settings and customize these buttons to launch other apps on the lock
screen using the following steps:
1. Launch Quick settings then tap .
2. Scroll down the Settings screen and select Lock screen.
3. Under Display, slide the bar from OFF to ON beside Quick Access to enable this feature.
4. Tap Quick Access.
5. Under the Quick Access screen, select which button you would like to customize.
6. Tap the app you would like to preset on the quick access button you chose to congure.
NOTE: Scroll up or down to view the current list of apps you can preset.
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3 Keeping in touch
Keeping in touch
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Managing contacts
Organize your contacts and easily stay in touch with them via emails or social networks. Group your
contacts as Favorites to quickly get in touch with them, or group them as VIPs to get notied about
any upcoming events or unread emails.
You can also sync your contacts with your email or social network accounts, link contacts’ info for
easy access in one place, or lter the contacts you want to keep in touch with.
Launching the Contacts app
From your Home screen, do any of the following to launch the Contacts app:
• Tap Contacts
• Tap > Asus > Contacts
Contacts Settings
Select how you would want to display your contacts from the Contacts settings. Such display
options include displaying only those contacts with phones, sorting list by rst/last name, or
viewing contact names as rst/last names rst. You can also choose which of these tabs to display
on your Contacts screen: Favorites, Groups, VIP.
To set up your Contacts settings, tap > Settings from the Contacts app.
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Setting up your prole
Make your ASUS Tablet truly your own and set up your prole info.
1. Launch the Contacts app then tap Set up my prole.
2. Fill in your info such as mobile or home number. To add other info, tap Add another eld.
3. When you’ve completed your info, tap Done. To view your prole info, swipe down from the
top right of your screen to launch the Quick settings panel, then tap the button with your
name on it.
Adding contacts
Add contacts to your device, corporate, Google, or other email accounts and ll in more important
contact information such as contact numbers, email addresses, special events for VIPs, and more.
1. Launch the Contacts app then tap .
2. Select Device.
NOTES:
• You can also save the contact to your SIM card or an email account.
• If you don't have an email account, tap Add account then create one.
3. Fill in the neccessary information such as mobile or home number, email address, or group
where you want to put the contact in.
4. After lling in the information and you want to add more contact numbers or email addresses,
tap New.
5. If you want to add other contact information, tap Add another eld.
6. When you’ve completed the info, tap Done.
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Adding an extension number to a contact number
You can add a contact’s extension number to skip the voice prompts when making a call.
1. From the Add contact screen, ll in the necessary elds.
2. On the Phone eld, key in the main line then tap or , and add the extension number.
NOTES:
• Use , as a separator of the main line and the extension number when you want to skip the voice
prompt.
• Use ; as a separator of the main line and the extension number when you want to conrm the
extension number rst before proceeding the call.
3. Tap Done to save the number.
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Customizing your contact’s prole
Edit your contact’s info, add a photo, set a ringtone, or take a photo as a cover for your contact’s
prole.
1. Launch the Contacts app then select the contact whose info or prole you want to edit or
customize.
2. Make the changes from the contact’s prole page.
Tap to edit your contact’s info
Tap to add your contact’s prole cover from Gallery or by capturing
a photo
Tap to add your contact’s photo from Gallery or by capturing a
photo
Setting up your VIPs
Group your contacts as VIPs to get notied about upcoming anniversaries, birthdays, and other
important events. You’ll also get alerts about any unread emails from your VIPs. You’ll get all these
notices as your What’ s Next alerts and reminders.
NOTE: For more details , see What’s Next.
Set up your VIP from the contact’s info screen
To set up your VIP from the contact’s info screen:
1. Launch the Contacts app, tap the contact you want to set up as a VIP, then tap .
2. In your selected contact’s screen, select VIP under the Group eld.
3. When nished, tap Done. The contact is added to your VIP list.
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Set up your VIP from the VIP screen
To set up your VIP from the VIP screen:
1. Launch the Contacts app.
2. Tap > VIP.
3. In the VIP screen, tap .
4. Select the contact or contacts you want to group as VIPs, then tap Add. The contact or contacts
are added to your VIP list.
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Adding an event to a VIP contact
You can add an event to a VIP contact such as anniversary, birthday, and other important events.
1. Launch the Contacts app, tap the contact you want to add an event detail to, then tap .
2. In the contact’s info screen, tap Add another eld > Events.
3. Select the date for the event, then tap Set.
4. Ensure that you select VIP under the Group eld. When nished, tap Done.
5. The contact’s special event will appear in your calendar of events. If you want to get an event
alert, set the reminder time in the Calendar app.
NOTES:
• Set the reminder time for events in Calendar to get What’s Next. event alerts or reminders.
• Aside from getting upcoming events reminders, you'll also get new email notications from What's
Next. For more details, see What’s Next..
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