Google Android - 4.4 Quick Start Guide
ANDROID
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Quick Start Guide
Android Mobile
Technology Platform
4.4, KitKat®
Copyright © 2013 Google In c. All rights reser ved.
dition 1.05.
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This book introduc es And roid 4. 4 for Nexus and Go ogle Play edition
devic es. Its c ontent may dif fer in so me details fro m some of the prod ucts
descr ibed or the sof tware that runs on the m. All information provided here
is subject to change without notice.
For bes t resul ts, make sure you ’re running the latest Android system up-
date. To nd yo ur devi ce’s version n umber or check for the latest s ystem
update, go to Settings > Syste m > About phone or About tablet and loo k for
Android version or System up dates.
If you don’t have a N exus or Google Play edition phone or t ablet and are
running Android 4 .4 on som e other device, some details of the system as
descr ibed in this bo ok may var y.
For com prehensive onlin e help and supp ort, including d etail s about Nexus
and Goo gle Play edition hard ware ru nning the sof tware d escribed in this
book and links to information about other A ndroi d devices, vi sit support.
google.com/android.
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Table of contents
1 Welcome to Android 1
About Android 4.4 1
Set up your device 1
Make yourself at home 2
Get around 3
Organize your Home screens 5
Touch & type 7
Help & suppor t 8
Android version & updates 9
2 Essentials 10
Google Now 10
Tell Google what to do 13
Notications & settings 15
Lock screen 18
Android Beam 20
Tap & pay 20
Printing 21
Chromecast 22
File storage 23
Android Device Manager 24
Screenshots 25
3 Use the keyboard 26
Enter & edit text 26
Gesture Typing 29
Keyboard dictionaries 30
Type by speaking 31
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4 Try some apps 33
All Apps 33
Google Play 34
Phone 35
Gmail 36
Gallery 39
Photos 40
People 41
Hangouts & SMS 42
Calendar 43
5 Settings 45
6 Accessibility 48
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1
Welcome to Android
About Android 4.4
Android 4.4 (KitKat®) is the latest version of the world’s favorite
operating system for mobile phones and tablets.
This guide introduces the Android 4.4 software available on Nexus and Google Play edition mobile devices. It doesn’t describe
hardware details such as SIM card instructions, bat tery information, specs, and so on.
For comprehensive information about all types of Android
phones and tablets, including more details about Nexus and
Google Play edition devices, visit support.google.com/android.
Set up your device
When you rst turn on your phone or tablet, you’ll see a Welcome
screen. Choose the language you want and touch Star t or the
Start icon.
IMPORTANT: To complete the setup process, you must
have a Wi-Fi or mobile Internet connection.
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When prompted, you can sign in with your Google Account or
create one at that time. You can also choose to skip this step
and create one later.
An email address that you use for any of the following counts as
a Google Account:
• Gmail
• YouTube
• Google Apps
• AdWords
• Any other Google product
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. If you have more than
one Android device, they are all kept in sync.
For example, if you change a friend’s phone number on your
phone, that change also appears on your tablet and on any com puters where you’re logged into your Google Account.
If you have multiple Google Accounts, you can add others later
from Settings > Accounts > Add account.
Make yourself at home
After you nish setting up your device, the Home screen appears
for the rst time:
• To move between Home screens, swipe left or right.
• To use Google Now, swipe up from the bottom of the screen
or, on some Google Play edition devices, press and hold the
Home button. On Nexus 5, you can also swipe to the leftmost
Home screen.
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• To send an SMS message from a phone, use Hangouts.
• From the Home screen, say “Ok Google” to search your phone
or the Internet and start telling Google what to do (Nexus 5
only). Or touch Google at the top of the screen to do the same
thing.
On brand new devices, you may also see your Google Play library
widget on one of your Home screens.
This widget displays some of the Google Play content that you
already own or that’s available in your library for free. Touch the
item you want to view or play, or touch the categories to explore.
Get around
At the bottom of every Home screen you’ll nd the Favorites tray:
another quick way to get to your apps. Here’s what it looks like
on a Nexus 7.
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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 nger into position.
Nexus navigation buttons
At the bottom of every Nexus screen, no matter what you’re do-
ing, you’ll always nd 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
Opens the central Home screen. To open Google
Now, swipe up.
Recent apps
Opens a list of thumbnail images of apps you’ve
worked with recently. To open an app, touch it. To remove a thumbnail from the list, swipe it left or right.
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.
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Google Play edition navigation buttons
Some Google Play edition devices have two or three physical
buttons just below the screen:
• Menu: This button opens options depending on the screen
you’re on.
• Home: Opens Home. If you’re viewing a lef t or right Home
screen, opens the main Home screen. To open Google Now,
touch & hold this button.
• 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 in your history.
Menus
Many screens in apps and Settings include either a Menu
icon (for example, on Nexus devices) or items in the permanent
Menu button at the bottom of the screen (on some Google Play
edition devices). Touch it to explore additional options, including
help.
Organize your Home screens
To change the wallpaper for your Home screens, touch & hold
the background.
To add an app icon to a Home screen:
1. Go to the Home screen where you want to place the app.
2. Touch the All Apps icon.
3. Swipe from right to left, if necessary, to nd the app you want.
4. Touch & hold the app until the Home screen appears, slide it
into place, and lift your nger.
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NEXUS 5 TIPS: The Home screens on Nexus 5 work differ-
ently from Home screens on the other Nexus devices.
• 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 one, 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
reser ved for Google Now, and is available only when
Google Now is turned on.
To add a widget to the Home screen on a Nexus 4, 7, or 10, follow
the same steps, and keep swiping right through the All Apps
screens to nd the widget you want.
On Nexus 5, touch & hold the background of any home screen to
reveal the widgets control.
To move an app or widget to another position:
1. Touch & hold the icon.
2. Slide your nger 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 nger.
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To create a folder, slide one icon quickly over another.
To name or rename a folder, open it and touch its name.
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 eld.
Other common gestures include:
• Touch & hold. Touch & hold an item on the screen by touching
it and not lifting your nger until it responds. For example,
this is how you access accent and other special characters
on the keyboard.
• Touch, hold, & drag. Touch & hold an item for a moment
and then, without lifting your nger, move your nger on the
screen until you reach the target position. For example, you
can move apps around on the Home screen.
• Swipe or slide. Quickly move your nger across the sur face
of the screen, without pausing when you rst touch (so you
don’t drag something instead). For example, you can slide a
Home screen left or right to view the other Home screens.
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• Double-tap. Tap quickly twice on a webpage, map, or other
screen to zoom. For example, double -tap a picture in Chrome
to zoom in, and double-tap again to zoom out.
• Scale. In some apps (such as Maps, Chrome, and Gallery),
you can scale by placing two or more ngers on the screen at
once and pinching them together (to enlarge scale) or spread ing them apart (to reduce it). Alternatively, in some apps you
can double-tap and then, without lifting your nger, drag up to
reduce or down to enlarge the scale of the image.
• Rotate the screen. The orientation of most screens rotates
with your device as you turn it. To lock or unlock a tablet’s
vertical orientation, swipe down from the top right of any
screen and touch the Rotation icon in Quick Settings. To do
the same thing on a phone, go to Settings > Device > Display.
You can open your device’s Settings app from the
All Apps screen or from Quick Settings.
Settings
For example, to change notication sounds, volumes, and more, go to Settings > Device > Sound
To change brightness, font size, and more, go to
Settings > Device > Display.
Help & support
Most Nexus screens include a Menu icon that you can touch
for additional options, usually including help for that screen. On
Google Play edition phones, this menu may be available from a
button below the main screen.
This book introduces just a few of the key features and apps that
come with Android 4.4. For more details about Android software
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and apps, Nexus and Google Play edition devices available on
Google Play, and all forms of support, visit:
• support.google.com/nexus
• support.google.com/playedition
Android version & updates
To check your version number or get the latest system update
for a Nexus or Google Play edition phone, rst go to Settings
> System > About phone or About tablet. Then look for these
labels:
• System updates. Touch to check whether you have any pending system updates.
• Android version. Look partway down the list for this heading
and the number just below it.
If you don’t have a Nexus or Google Play edition phone or tablet
and are running Android 4.4 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, visit support.google.com/android.
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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 star t your day, how much
trafc 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 home:
After you decide to star t using Google Now, you don’t need to do
anything else. If you like, you can ne -tune some settings, but
Google Now doesn’t need any elaborate setup. The information
you need is always at your ngertips.
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How it works
When you decide to use Google Now, you’re also turning on
Location Reporting and Location History:
• Location Reporting allows Google to periodically store and
use your device’s most recent location data in connection
with your Google Account. Location Repor ting is a per- device
setting.
• Location History allows Google to store a histor y of your
location data from all devices where you’re logged into your
Google Account and have enabled Location Reporting.
Google won’t share this information with other users or marketers without your permission.
You can control how Google Now uses your current location. To
view the relevant settings, go to Settings > Personal > Location.
When location services are turned on for your account on a given device, certain apps can use them to give you more relevant
information, such as nearby restaurants or commute trafc.
If you opted in to Location History in the past, Google Now uses
your previously recorded locations as well as ongoing locations
when making suggestions. Turning off Location History pauses
the collection of location information, but it doesn’t delete your
his tory.
To know when to display what information, Google Now uses
contex tual data from your device and from other Google prod ucts, plus data from third- party products that you allow Google
Now to access.
For example, if you have searches stored in your Web History,
Google Now can show cards based on spor ts scores, flight
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status, and so on. To manage your Web History, visit google.
com/history/. You can delete or pause your Web History and still
use Google Now, but certain kinds of information, such as flight
details, won’t show up.
Similarly, Google Now can use data that you may have stored
in third -party products that you allow Google to access. For example, your device’s synced calendar may include entries from
non-Google calendar products. If you have a synced calendar entry for a dentist appointment that includes the dentist’s address,
Google Now can check trafc and suggest when to leave.
Give it a try
You have a chance to turn on Google Now when you rst set up
your phone or tablet. You can turn also turn it on or off at any
time:
1. Touch the Google search bar on a Home screen.
2. Touch Get Google Now if you don’t already have it. Or, to
access the menu for the next step, per form a Google search
for anything.
3. Open Menu > Settings and turn it on (or off ) from there.
To open Google Now, follow the steps for your device:
• All Nexus devices: Swipe your nger up from the bottom of
any screen.
• Nexus 5: In addition to swiping up from any screen, you can
swipe to the leftmost Home screen.
• Google Play edition devices: Touch & hold the Home button.
When you want to see more cards, touch More at the bottom of
the screen. When you don’t need them any more, swipe them out
of the way.
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