User Guide
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Contents
Set up phone 1
About your hardware 1
Insert and remove SIM and SD cards 2
Copy data from old phone 4
Manage dual SIMs 6
Set up voicemail 6
Set up email 7
Prepare for emergencies 8
Make it yours 9
Learn the basics 11
About your home screen 11
About your lock screen 12
New to Android? 13
If this is your rst smartphone 13
If you had an iPhone 14
About your Google account 15
Status bar icons 16
Phone terms you should know 20
Get around on your phone 22
Learn gestures 22
Move between apps and screens 23
Use quick settings 24
Turn screen o and on 26
Adjust volumes 27
Frequently used tools 29
Turn ashlight on and o 29
Take screenshots 29
Control phone with your voice 30
Get directions to a location 31
Use clock and weather widget 32
Manage time spent on your phone 34
Work with text 37
Use onscreen keyboard 37
Cut, copy, paste text 38
Use voice typing 39
Fill in forms automatically 39
Personalize your phone 41
Home screen 41
Change wallpaper 41
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Customize your Favorites tray 41
Add widgets, shortcuts, or folders 42
Remove widgets, shortcuts, or folders 44
Remake your home screen with launchers 44
Lock screen 46
Use a screen saver 46
Sounds 47
Set ringtones 47
Enhance sound 48
Avoid interruptions with Do Not Disturb 49
Stop phone from speaking 52
Other sound settings 54
Silence “Hello Moto” during power up 54
Turn o charging sounds 54
Apps 55
About your apps 55
View two apps on screen 60
View notications 60
About Moto experiences 62
Manage your apps 63
Install or update apps 63
Manage or delete apps 65
Protect against harmful apps 67
Search and browse 68
Search the web 68
Search your phone 70
Browse websites 71
Text messaging 73
About text and multimedia messages 73
Read, send, manage text messages 73
Add attachments 75
Save attachments from text message 76
Turn group messaging on or o 77
Change default messaging app 77
Control notications for text messages 77
Change text message reply to incoming calls 78
Get text messages on your computer 78
Email 80
Read, send, manage emails 80
View email attachments 81
Preview inboxes from home screen 82
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Add email signature 82
Control email notications 82
Calendar app 84
About the calendar 84
Find calendar events 84
Create and manage events 85
Control notications for calendar events 85
Clock app 87
Set alarms 87
Use timer or stopwatch 87
Set date and time 89
Photos app 91
Share photos and videos 91
Upload photos and videos 91
Calls, contacts, voicemail 93
Phone calls 93
Answer calls 93
Make calls 94
During a call 95
Make video calls 97
Make conference calls 97
Make calls over Wi-Fi 97
Block calls and texts 99
Turn call waiting on and o 100
View and delete call history 100
Make emergency call from locked phone 102
Contacts 103
Add contacts 103
Edit or delete contacts 104
Star your favorite contacts 105
Sort contacts 105
Share contacts 106
Voicemail 107
Use voicemail 107
Send all calls from contact to voicemail 108
Music 109
Listen to radio 109
Listen to music 110
Transfer music les 111
Connect a MIDI device 112
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Battery 113
Charge phone 113
Extend battery life 113
Use Battery Saver mode 115
Show battery percentage in status bar 116
Storage 117
About storage options 117
Manage phone storage 117
Manage SD card 118
Find downloaded les 119
Recover recently deleted les 120
Upload music to cloud 120
Upload photos and videos 121
Scan documents and make copies 121
Network and internet 123
Connect to Wi-Fi networks 123
Use Airplane mode 124
Control data usage 125
Share your internet connection 126
Connect to VPNs 129
Connected devices 130
Connect with Bluetooth™ 130
Connect with Wi-Fi Direct 132
Cast screen or media to TV 132
Share les and links with nearby Android phones 134
Transfer les between phone and computer (USB) 135
Print from your phone 137
Other settings 138
Apps & notications 138
Change app settings 138
Choose how apps notify you 139
Display 142
Adjust screen brightness 142
Adjust screen colors at night 142
Change display style 142
Use Dark theme 143
Show apps full screen 143
See Peek Display notications 144
Change screen timeout 145
Stop automatic rotation 146
Choose color mode 146
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Change font and display size 146
Set lock screen preferences 147
Location 149
Use location services 149
Security 151
About security 151
Protect against harmful apps 152
Be ready to nd a lost phone 152
Lock and unlock phone 153
Set screen lock 153
Adjust lock options 154
Unlock with trusted devices 154
Unlock with your face 155
Unlock at trusted places 157
Keep phone unlocked while it's on you 158
Use ngerprint security 158
Pin your screen 160
Lock SIM card 161
Accounts 162
Add or remove accounts 162
Change name & info in your Google account 163
Sync apps with your Google account 163
Control what info Google collects 164
Accessibility 166
Visual assistance 166
Hearing assistance 168
Dexterity assistance 170
Use accessibility shortcuts 171
System 173
Languages & input 173
Customize the keyboard 173
Use multiple languages 174
Gestures 176
Customize Power button gesture 176
Change System navigation 176
Turn ashlight on and o 176
Adjust screenshot settings 177
Back up phone 177
Users and guests 179
Share your phone 179
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Add, modify, remove users 180
Add or delete guest 181
About phone 182
Record your IMEI number 182
Find legal and product information 182
Fix a problem 183
Hardware issues 183
Phone is slow or unstable 183
Phone feels warm or hot 183
Phone won't turn on 184
Phone restarts or crashes 184
Screen is frozen or won't respond 185
Screen displays wrong colors 185
SD card problems 186
Call and SIM issues 189
Problems making/receiving calls 189
Problems during calls 191
Battery issues 194
Charging problems 194
Battery drains too fast 194
Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB issues 196
Bluetooth problems 196
Wi-Fi problems 198
Can't transfer les or connect to computer 199
Account and sign-in issues 201
Forgot unlock code 201
Can't sign in to Google 201
Account sync issues 201
App issues 203
App or widget problems 203
Camera problems 204
Messaging problems 205
Gmail problems 207
Play Store problems 207
Maintenance procedures 208
Update Android software 208
Reset Wi-Fi, cellular data, and Bluetooth 208
Reset phone 209
Get more help 210
Set up phone 1
About your hardware
Hardware diagram
1. Tray for SIM and SD card
2. Microphone
3. Headset jack
4. Front camera (To learn more, read help in the Camera app.)
5. Earpiece
6. Proximity sensor
7. Google Assistant button
8. Volume up/down button
9. Power button
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1. Fingerprint sensor
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2. Depth camera (To learn more, read help in Camera app.)
3. LED ash
4. Main camera
5. Microphone
6. Micro USB port for charging, transferring les, sharing connection with tethered devices.
7. Speaker
Care for your phone
To clean the screen:
While this does not disinfect your phone, the best way to keep your phone clean is to wipe it thoroughly
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with a dry soft cloth. Avoid abrasive cloths, including paper towels and other materials with rough
surfaces.
If the screen gets drops of liquid on it, wipe it with a clean, dry cloth.
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To disinfect your phone:
It is okay to use wipes or cloths moistened with 70% isopropyl alcohol to gently wipe your screen.
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When disinfecting or cleaning your phone, turn it o and avoid getting any moisture in its openings,
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including the charging port, headphone jack, microphones and speakers.
Don't submerge your phone in any cleaning agents, avoid using any cleaners with bleach or abrasives,
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and avoid spraying cleaners directly on the screen.
Insert and remove SIM and SD cards
About the SD card
Your phone supports an optional microSD card up to 256 GB.
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A Class 2, 4, or 6 card is sucient.
Your phone uses the card as portable storage for media les: photos, videos, and music. Because it's portable,
you can easily swap the card and its content between devices. After you insert the card, be sure to update
settings within media apps (like camera, music, and podcast apps), so they use the card to store content you
create or download.
You can't store apps on the SD card because it is portable storage.
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Insert or replace cards
1. If you are removing an SD card, unmount it rst (Settings > Storage).
2. Insert the tool into the hole in the tray and gently push to pop it out.
3. Insert or remove the cards as needed.
To use an SD card and a SIM card:
Or, to use two SIM cards (dual-SIM models only):
To see if your phone supports dual SIMs, go to Settings > About phone > SIM Status. If you see SIM Slot 1
and SIM Slot 2, then your phone supports dual SIMs.
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4. Push the tray back into the phone.
Note: If you need to activate a SIM, contact your carrier.
Fix a problem
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Select a problem to see troubleshooting steps.
SIM card
SIM not recognized
Can’t make calls
Can't answer calls
SD card
Phone doesn't recognize card
Copy data from old phone
Copy data from iPhone
You’ll use Google Drive to copy les from your iPhone and iCloud account to your new phone and Google
account:
Photos will back up to Photos.
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Contacts will back up to Contacts.
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Calendar will back up to Calendar.
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1. Charge both phones and connect them to a Wi-Fi network.
2. To ensure you don’t miss any messages or calls:
a.
Turn o iMessage. (Settings > Messages > o. Or, if your SIM has been removed, deregister your
phone.)
b.
Turn o FaceTime. (Settings > FaceTime > o.)
3. Download the Google Drive app on your iPhone.
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4. On your iPhone, open Drive and then:
a. Sign in with your Google account. If you don’t have one, you can create it now.
b.
Touch > Settings > Backup and start the backup.
5. Wait for the backup to complete.
6. When complete, on your new phone, sign in with the same Google account (Settings > Accounts > Add
account).
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Copy data from Android phone
During setup, you can copy your apps, music, contacts, messages, and more. Learn what does and doesn't get
copied.
If you no longer have your old phone or can’t turn it on, you can copy les using a backup from the cloud
with your Google account.
To copy les:
1. Charge both phones and turn them on.
2. On your new phone:
a. If this is the rst time you’ve turned it on, select your language on the setup screen.
b. If you skipped copying les during setup, open the Settings app and touch Finish setting up your
device.
3. Touch Start.
4. Insert your SIM to connect to the mobile network, or touch Skip.
5. Connect to a Wi-Fi network and touch Next.
6. Select how to copy:
If you have your old phone, touch A backup from an Android phone.
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If you don’t, touch A backup from the cloud
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7. Follow the onscreen instructions to select the old phone or backup associated with your Google account,
and to choose which apps and data to copy.
Tip: Be sure to leave Back up to Google Drive turned on.
What gets copied from Android phone
If you copy data from another Android phone during setup, here's what gets copied:
Apps and app data
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Music, photos, and videos
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Google accounts
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Contacts stored on your phone or SIM card
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Text messages
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Multimedia attachments in messages
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Most phone settings
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Wallpaper
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Call history
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You’ll see these when you sign in to your Google account on your new phone.
What won't copy:
Downloads, like PDF les
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Apps that aren’t from Play Store
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Accounts other than Google accounts
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Contacts and calendars for services other than Google (such as WhatsApp)
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Ringtones
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Import contacts from SIM
If you have a SIM card with contacts saved on it, you can import them into your Google account.
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1. Insert the SIM in your phone.
Or, if your old phone is an Android phone and can connect to Wi-Fi, turn it on.
2.
Open the Contacts app.
3.
Touch > Settings > Import > SIM card > OK.
4. If you have multiple Google accounts, choose the account where you want to save them.
Manage dual SIMs
About dual SIMs
When two SIMs are inserted:
You see at the top of the home screen. If you see , troubleshoot the issue.
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Both SIMs can make and receive calls and text messages.
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Only the owner of the phone (not additional users or guests) can access dual SIM settings.
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Set up voicemail
Set voicemail password
Contact your carrier for help setting or recovering your password/PIN for voicemail.
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Set mailbox greeting
Your carrier provides and manages your voicemail.
To set your greeting:
1.
Touch > .
2.
Touch & hold to dial into your mailbox.
3. Follow your carrier’s system prompts. If your voicemail is not set up, contact your carrier for
instructions.
Change voicemail options
1.
Touch > > Settings.
(If you don't see , swipe down on the screen.)
2. Touch Voicemail.
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3. If you have dual SIMS, touch the SIM for the account to change.
4. Touch Advanced Settings.
5. Change any of the options:
To change voicemail service from your provider to another voicemail service or app, touch Service.
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To change the number dialed to access voicemail, touch Setup.
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Set up email
Set up personal email
You can add multiple email accounts of the following types:
Gmail
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Personal email from other providers (IMAP/POP)
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If you added a Google account on your phone:
When you open the Gmail app for the rst time, you'll see your email for that account. You're already set
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up.
To set up additional accounts, open Gmail, touch your prole icon , then touch Add another account.
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If you didn’t add a Google account to your phone and want to set up email for an IMAP/POP provider (an
address that's not Gmail):
1. Open the Gmail app.
2. Follow the onscreen instructions to enter your email address, password, and account options.
If you have problems setting up the account, read Google's help for Gmail.
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Set up corporate email
If you use Microsoft Oce Outlook on your work computer, your phone can synchronize emails, calendar
events, and contacts with the Microsoft Exchange server. Before you start, you'll need the following
information from your company's IT department:
Email address
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Email password
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Domain name
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Username
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Server name
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Security type/SSL settings
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Client certicate requirement
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To set up corporate email:
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1. Open the Gmail app.
2. Do one of the following:
If this is your rst time opening the Gmail app, touch Add another email address.
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If you have been using Gmail with another account, touch your prole icon , then touch Add
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another account.
3. Touch Exchange and Oce 365.
4. Follow the onscreen instructions to enter your email address, password, and other information from your
company's IT department.
Switch account views
In the Gmail app, touch your prole icon , then select an account.
To open each inbox with one touch from your home screen, add task shortcuts:
1.
Touch & hold .
2.
Drag for each account to a blank space on your home screen.
Prepare for emergencies
Set up emergency information
You can set up emergency information for rst responders or others to view from your lock screen, such as
your emergency contact and medical information (blood type, allergies).
To set up your emergency information:
1. Go to Settings > About phone.
2. Touch Emergency information.
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3. Set up your information.
Note: Anyone who picks up your phone can see your emergency info without unlocking your phone.
View emergency information
1. From the lock screen:
Swipe up and touch Emergency below the keypad.
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Or, press and hold the Power button, then touch Emergency.
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2. Touch Emergency information twice.
Add message to lock screen
To add your name or a short message to your lock screen for anyone who nds your phone:
1. Go to Settings > Display > Advanced > Lock screen display.
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2. Touch Lock screen message.
3. Type the text to display and touch Save.
Tip: Don't put your mobile number as your contact info unless you can access your voicemail from
another device.
Send your location to emergency services
Not all carriers and countries support this feature.
If Android Emergency Location Service (ELS) works in your country and on your carrier's network and if you
haven't turned o ELS, when you call or text an emergency number, ELS sends your location to authorized
emergency responders to help them locate you.
If ELS is o, your carrier might still send the phone’s location during an emergency call. For more
information, check with your carrier.
To turn ELS on or o:
1. Go to Settings > Location > Advanced.
2. Touch Emergency Location Service.
3.
Turn it on or o .
To learn more about ELS, read Google's help.
Make it yours
This topic lists things that most people want to do with their new phone, with links to instructions on how to
do them.
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Personalize your phone
Set the wallpaper.
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Add apps to your home screen.
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Adjust screen settings, like style (font size, color scheme), rotation settings, and dark background.
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You can use either the buttons or gestures to move between apps and screens. Choose which
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System navigation to use.
Assign ringtones or photos to friends you call.
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Set your schedule for Do Not Disturb, to automatically silence your phone when you don't want to be
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interrupted.
Protect your phone
Set up a screen lock.
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Set up ngerprint security to unlock your screen safely and quickly with a touch.
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In case you lose your phone, set up Find My Device and record your IMEI number.
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Other common set up tasks
Connect with your Bluetooth devices and Wi-Fi networks.
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If you use multiple languages, set them up so they appear on your keyboard.
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About your home screen
You see the home screen when you turn on and unlock your phone.
You can add more pages to the right as needed. To add a page, drag an app shortcut or widget to the edge of
an existing page and place it on the new page.
Swipe right or left to move between pages.
Here are the parts of your home screen:
1.
Status bar: Displays the time and icons that tell you about your phone's battery and network
connections. Swipe down to see your notications and quick settings.
2. Widget: You can add widgets to your home screen for quick access to information or frequent tasks.
3. Shortcut: You can add shortcuts to open apps or web pages you use frequently.
4.
App list: Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to see the list of all your apps.
5. Favorites tray: Provides one touch access to your most-used apps from any home screen page. You can
customize which apps appear here.
6. Navigation bar: Use gestures to move between apps and screens. You can replace the bar with the
navigation icons instead.
7. Folder: Add folders to organize app shortcuts.
If you want an entirely new look and feel for your home screen, you can use a dierent launcher. For a less
drastic renovation, just change the wallpaper.
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About your lock screen
The lock screen appears when you're using a screen lock and you power on your phone or turn on the screen.
Tip: If you're using Peek Display, you'll see those notications before you get to your lock screen.
From the lock screen, you can:
Make an emergency call.
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View and respond to notications. Double touch one to open it.
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Open your quick settings. Swipe down from top of screen.
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Start a voice search. Swipe up diagonally from either bottom corner.
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Go into Lockdown. Temporarily turn o notications and ngerprint unlocking.
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You can customize your lock screen to add a message and control which notications appear.
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If this is your rst smartphone
Learn the basics
To get around your phone, here are the key concepts.
You can choose how you move between apps and screens: gestures or icons.
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In addition to touching the screen to select items, you can use other gestures, such as pinch to zoom.
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The icons at the top of your home screen tell you important stu at a glance, like your phone’s battery
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level and network connection, and whether you’ve missed a call.
Your phone and apps send you notications for things like new messages, calendar events, and
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upcoming alarms. You’ll nd notications in several places, and can do a lot with them.
To learn about these common tasks, touch one below:
Answer a call.
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Make a call.
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Set an alarm.
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Turn the ashlight on/o.
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Listen to music.
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Get apps
Your phone comes with many fun and useful apps, but you can really unlock its power by installing apps that
suit your lifestyle. Go to Play Store to explore free and paid apps that help you be more productive, organized,
informed, in touch, and entertained.
Protect your phone
You carry your phone around with you, and accidents happen; phones get lost sometimes. So set up some
security and prevent heartache if you and your phone become separated.
Set up a screen lock. This is your rst line of defense in keeping your sensitive information safe. Prefer
numbers, shapes, words? Set up a PIN, pattern, or password required to unlock your phone. Learn how.
A screen lock doesn't prevent you from immediately answering a call or accessing your camera.
Display your owner info. On your lock screen, you can discreetly display a “please return” message with
some of your contact info so that, if your phone is lost, someone can to return it to you. Learn how.
Enable lost phone features. For peace of mind, check out Find My Device, in case you ever need to remotely
locate and lock or erase your phone.
Personalize your phone
While changing your wallpaper is probably your rst customization, don't stop there. Be sure to explore your
Settings to set ringtones, font sizes, data usage preferences, keyboard preferences, and much more. It's a
great way to learn many of your phone's capabilities while customizing it to suit your needs.
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In most apps you can touch or for app-specic settings. Be sure to see what options are available to you
there, too.
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Manage cellular data
Understand your data usage. Keep an eye on your data usage and learn how to make the most of it. See
which apps use large amounts of data and adjust their settings. If your phone is using too much data, you can
also stop accounts from auto-syncing.
Use Wi-Fi to conserve cellular data. When you connect to a Wi-Fi network, your data will use that network
connection instead of your carrier's network, saving your cellular data for when you need it. Learn how to
connect to Wi-Fi networks.
Useful to know
Find phone info. To nd your phone number, device name, and other information, go to Settings > About
phone.
Tell your phone what to do. Use your phone hands-free with voice commands. Tell it to navigate you, and
listen to it speak the directions to you as you drive--it'll even reroute you if you've gone
alarms, nd information on the web, make calls.
o course. Tell it to set
Never miss a photo opportunity. Automatically open the camera right from your lock screen. Just twist your
phone twice. You can automatically back up your photos and videos with your Google account or with other
photo sharing apps available from Play Store.
Store your stu. You have several storage options. Store apps and content on your phone. For more storage
space, use an SD card for photos, videos, and music. You can open stored items in associated apps, like
Photos to see your photos and videos. For even more storage space, plus the ability to access your media and
les from any internet-connected device (phone, computer, tablet), use cloud storage. Your Google account
includes free cloud storage on Drive, which has its own app and is also available from the menu
throughout other apps.
Wi-Fi hotspot. You can use your phone as a Wi-Fi hotspot to share your internet connection with your other
devices that need internet access (for example, a laptop or tablet).
Reboot phone. In the unlikely event that your phone becomes unresponsive, frozen, shows a blank or black
screen, or doesn't respond to the Power button, you can reboot it. Press and hold the Power button for 7 - 10
seconds. The phone will restart normally.
Certain features, services, and applications are network or carrier dependent and may not be available in all
areas.
If you had an iPhone
Welcome to Android! Here are some dierences between your old iPhone and your new phone.
Your assistant: You've retired Siri. Now, nd info and get things done with Google Assistant. Just set up “OK,
Google”. Then ask for info or help with everyday tasks.
Apps:
Goodbye Apple App Store, hello Google Play Store. Play Store is now your default app store. Apps aren't
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compatible between iPhone and Android. However, many developers make iPhone and Android versions
of their apps; if the app stores your data online, then you can switch with little eort. Just download the
Android version from Play Store and log in.
Continue listening to podcasts. You can listen with the YT Music app. Or, there are lots of podcast apps on
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Play Store - search for “podcast” in Play Store and download one of your choice.
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Install apps remotely. On a computer, visit play.google.com. Browse apps on the bigger screen and then
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install them on your phone from your computer.
Your home screen:
On your old iPhone, your home screen was far left. Now, you start with one home screen and can add
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more pages to the right as needed.
Your old phone showed all apps on your home screen. With your new phone, you can put shortcuts to
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your most important apps on your home screen for easy access. Or, nd your full list by swiping up from
your favorites tray. This frees up room on your home screen for widgets, making your new home much
more lively.
Like your old iPhone, you'll see notications at the top of the screen, which you can swipe down to
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review. But on your new phone, you can swipe them left or right to dismiss them.
Quick access to settings: On your old iPhone, to adjust settings you opened a Settings app. You can still do
that. But now you've also got quick settings. Swipe down from the top of the screen for easy access to toggles
for airplane mode, Wi-Fi, and other frequently-used settings.
In the cloud: Your Google account is your key to cloud storage with Google. If you migrated your contacts to
your phone, then you can see them from any device or computer by logging into Gmail. Your Google account
includes apps like
access your photos, videos, music from any device when you log in with your Google account. Use YT Music to
upload your iTunes library.
Calendar and Drive that let you work well with others. And it has apps that let you play too -
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File sharing: If you used AirDrop on your iPhone, now you'll use Nearby Share to easily share les or links
with friends.
About your Google account
Benets of your account
When you set up your phone, you added a Google account. If you haven't had a Google account before, this is
more than just a password you set up for your phone.
A Google account lets you organize and access your personal information and les from any computer or
mobile device:
Synchronize everything. Never lose your contacts. Associate them with your Google account if you
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create them on your phone, and view them from Gmail on any computer or by signing into your Google
account on any phone. Create emails or calendar events on your phone and view them on any computer.
Access your browser bookmarks from any device.
Store in the cloud. Upload your photos, videos, and music to the cloud; get to all of it without taking up
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space on your phone.
Keep your stu secure. Your account password secures it all and lets you access it from anywhere.
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Maintaining your account
Other than remembering your password, you don’t need to do much maintenance on your Google account just enjoy the benets of your secure, synchronized information. However, you can:
Control how frequently your phone syncs your information.
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Review and manage the information Google collects from you, such as search and browsing history.
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Learn about Google apps
Many Google apps, like Gmail, Chrome, Photos, and Maps are preloaded on your phone. To learn about and
download additional Google apps, read Google’s information.
Can't sign in to Google account
If you’re having problems signing in to your account, read Google's support information.
Status bar icons
About status icons
The status bar at the top of the home screen contains icons that help you monitor your phone.
On the left, icons tell you about apps, such as new messages or downloads. If you don't know what one
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of these icons means, swipe the status bar down for details.
On the right, icons tell you about your phone's battery level and network connections.
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A dot means there are more icons to view. Drag down from the top of the screen to see all icons.
What status icons mean
These are the icons from apps that came on your phone and the phone status icons.
Icon
Meaning
CALLS
Active call.
Missed call.
Speakerphone on.
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Microphone muted.
NETWORK
Connected to cellular/mobile network (full signal). Speed of your network connection is also shown.
For example, or . Possible speeds, from slowest to fastest, are 1X, 2G, 3G, H, H+, 4G.
Available speeds depend on your carrier and your location.
Poor connection to cellular/mobile network.
Connected to dierent cellular/mobile network (roaming).
Data Saver is on, preventing apps from using background data.
Wi-Fi network within range.
Connected to Wi-Fi network.
Poor connection to Wi-Fi network.
No SIM card.
Location services are in use.
Airplane mode on.
CONNECTIVITY
Bluetooth connected.
Trusted device connected.
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Your phone is a Wi-Fi hotspot. Devices can connect to share your data connection.
Wireless display or adaptor connected.
Connected by USB cable.
USB tethering enabled.
SYNC AND UPDATES
App updates are available for download from Play Store.
App successfully installed from Play Store.
Email and calendar sync in progress.
Upload complete.
Download complete.
Google backup in progress.
Google backup complete.
SOUND
Vibrate.
DO NOT DISTURB
Do Not Disturb is on.
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BATTERY
Battery fully charged.
Battery charging.
Battery low.
Phone is in Battery Saver mode.
ALARM AND CALENDAR
Alarm set.
Upcoming calendar event.
EMAIL AND MESSAGING
New Gmail message.
New text message.
New voicemail.
Important alert.
OTHER ICONS
Screenshot is available.
Focus mode is on.
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Apps that you download might show other icons to alert you about their status.
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Certain features, services, and applications are network or carrier dependent and may not be available in all
areas.
Phone terms you should know
Airplane mode
A mode allowing access to a device’s non-wireless functions (e.g., music, games, etc.), while disabling its
wireless radio functions that are banned on airplanes during ight.
app
Software that you can download for added functionality, such as games, email apps, bar code scanners and
more. Some apps are already on your phone, and more can be downloaded from your phone's app store.
Bluetooth™
A short-range wireless technology you can use to connect a device to other nearby Bluetooth-capable devices
and accessories, such as headsets, speakers, printers, etc. Use Bluetooth to make handsfree calls on a headset
or in your car, listen to music on wireless speakers, use a wireless mouse or keyboard, or print a document in
another room.
Set up Bluetooth.
cellular network or mobile network
A network of radio-transmitting towers. You make calls on your phone using radio waves sent between the
phone and the network towers. You also send data and access the Internet on this network. Carriers use
dierent technologies to handle these radio transmissions (GSM, CDMA, Edge, 3G, 4G, LTE, HSPA, iDEN).
data
Information sent or received from your phone other than calls and text messages. You may use data when you
access the internet, check your email, play games, use apps and more. Background tasks, such as syncing or
location services, may also use data.
data usage
The amount of data your phone uploads or downloads over a network in a given period. Your phone uses your
carrier's cellular network or over a Wi-Fi network. Depending on your plan with your carrier, you may be
charged additional fees when your data usage exceeds your plan's monthly limits.
GPS
Global Positioning System. A global satellite-based system for determining precise locations on Earth.With
GPS, your phone becomes your navigator when you're driving and your concierge when you're looking for a
nearby meal, movie, or cup of coee.
mobile hotspot
A device or app that lets you share your mobile data connection with multiple devices via Wi-Fi. You can
connect dierent devices to your hotspot, including notebooks, netbooks, MP3 players, cameras,
Smartphones, and portable gaming systems. The number of devices that can connect at one time depends on
your carrier and connection speed.
notication
An alert from your phone or an app on your phone. Your phone displays icons in the status bar to notify you of
new messages, calendar events and alarms. Icons can also indicate ongoing status, such as connection to a
Wi-Fi network.
Play Store
Google's store where you can download apps, books, movies, and music. Choose from an assortment of free
books or apps; purchase from an even larger selection.
SD card
Secure Digital (SD) card. A small, high-capacity removable memory card used in small, portable devices such
as mobile phones, tablets, and digital cameras.
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short cut
An icon you can add to your home screen that lets you quickly open an app. Create short cuts for apps you use
frequently.
SIM card
Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card. A card that securely stores information your carrier uses to
authenticate your phone on the cellular network.
software update
An update to your phone's operating system that typically includes new features and xes reported problems.
The update is wirelessly downloaded to your phone at no additional cost to you.
status bar
Thin bar at the top of your home screen that displays the time and icons that tell you about your phone's
battery and network connections. Apps display icons in the status bar to alert you of events, such as new
messages.
sync
The process of sharing the same information across multiple devices and websites. Contacts, calendars and
email are often synced through cloud services, so you can enter information on one device and access it
through another.
widget
An element you can add to your home screen that gives you quick access to information or frequent tasks. For
example, widgets can provide weather updates, upcoming calendar events. Many are preinstalled on your
phone. Apps you download may also include widgets.
Wi-Fi
A short-range wireless technology that provides a high-speed internet connection to wireless data devices.
Many locations oer Wi-Fi connections, including airports, hotels, restaurants and more. Using a Wi-Fi
connection instead of your cellular network can help reduce your cellular data usage. Some public Wi-Fi
connections may not be secure. You should only connect to those you trust and use some form of internet
security on your devices. Set up Wi-Fi.
Certain features, services, and applications are network or carrier dependent and may not be available in all
areas.
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Learn gestures
You can use gestures on your touch screen to move between apps and choose or manipulate items.
There are also gestures, which you can turn on/o, to perform everyday tasks like screenshots or turning on
the ashlight.
Touch, drag, swipe, zoom
Gesture Description
Touch
Touch &
hold
Drag
Swipe
Press with one nger and lift.
Result: Open something (app or email) or choose something (checkbox, icon).
Press and wait before lifting one nger.
Result: Select something (app icon, text on a page) and see possible actions.
Try it: Touch & hold text on this page to see the copy feature.
Touch & hold an item and then, without lifting, slide your nger until you reach the target
position.
Result: Move elements on the screen; for example, change a toggle from on to o .
Try it: Drag an app shortcut or widget from one spot on your home screen to another.
Quickly move one nger across the screen, without pausing when you rst touch (so you
don’t drag instead).
Pinch out to
zoom
Result: Switch between home screens or between tabs in an app. Or, move quickly through a
list. You can swipe dierent directions (up, down, left/right) for dierent results. Learn more.
Try it: Open the Phone app and swipe left/right to switch between tabs. Or, swipe up from the
bottom of this screen to go home.
Put two ngers on the screen and then drag them apart.
Result: Zoom in to see larger version of photos and maps. Or, open expandable notications.
Try it: Open a photo and pinch out to zoom in on an area.
Tip: If you have visual impairments, you can enable additional magnication gestures.
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Pinch in to
zoom
Put two ngers on the screen, far apart, and then drag them together.
Result: Zoom out to see smaller version of photos or maps. Or, close expandable notications.
Press Power button twice
Press the Power button twice to open your camera.
You need to adjust settings to turn this on.
Move between apps and screens
Choose how to get around
You can change how you move between apps and screens using your touch screen: Settings > System >
Gestures > System navigation.
Use gesture navigation
Use these gestures to move between screens and apps if you chose Gesture navigation and see at
the bottom of your home screen.
Action
Switch between apps At the very bottom of the screen, swipe left or right.
See all recent apps Drag up from the bottom, hold, then let go.
See all apps Swipe up from the bottom of the home screen.
Go back Swipe towards the middle from the left or right edge of any screen.
Go home Swipe up from the bottom of any screen.
Open Google Assistant Swipe diagonally from either lower corner of the screen.
Gesture to use
Use 3-button navigation
Use these icons to move between screens and apps if you chose 3-button navigation.
takes you back one screen.
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returns you to the home screen from any app.
lets you switch between recent apps.
Tip: For visual assistance, you can add to open the Accessibility Menu or magnify what's on the screen.
Use quick settings
Open quick settings
Settings you adjust frequently, like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, are “quick settings”, easy to get to from any screen.
To see your rst few quick settings, swipe down once from the top of your screen.
To see all quick settings, swipe down again.
Adjust quick settings
Do one of the following:
Touch an icon to toggle the setting on or o .
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Touch & hold an icon to adjust related settings.
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Icon
Setting
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth
Do Not Disturb
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Flashlight
Audio eects. Appears after you turn on Audio eects the rst time.
Auto-rotate
Battery Saver
Mobile data
Airplane mode
Screen Cast
Data Saver. Appears after you turn on Data Saver the rst time.
Night Light. Appears after you turn on Night Light the rst time.
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Wi-Fi hotspot. Appears after you turn on hotspot the rst time.
You can also slide to adjust screen brightness.
Open all settings
To open the full list of all settings:
Open quick settings and touch .
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Or, open the Settings app.
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Tip: You can search the Settings app to nd what you need quickly. Just touch at the top of the app
and type your search term.
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Customize quick settings
You can rearrange quick settings, putting your most used at the top. You can also add or remove them.
1. Open quick settings.
2.
Touch .
3. Drag to add, remove, or rearrange.
To return quick settings to its original state, touch > Reset.
Tip: You can also change the background color to be light or dark.
Turn screen o and on
Why your screen turns o automatically
To save battery power, your screen turns o if you haven't used it for some time. You can lengthen or
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shorten the time before your screen automatically turns o.
When you bring the phone to your face to speak into it during calls, the screen turns o to prevent
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accidental touches. When you pull the phone away from your face, the screen turns on so you can use it.
(If the screen stays dark, follow these steps.)
Turn screen o and on manually
To turn the screen on:
Press the Power button. If you've set up a screen lock, you need to unlock it.
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If you've added your ngerprint to the phone, touch the sensor to wake and unlock your phone.
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Your screen automatically turns on when you have an incoming call.
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To turn the screen o:
Press the Power button. When you set down your phone, it's good habit to do this. You prevent accidental
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touches, save a bit of battery, and keep it secure with the screen lock.
To keep your screen o and phone quiet when you don't want interruptions, like at night, use Do Not
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Disturb settings.
When your screen is o, battery-friendly Peek Display notications fade in and out, showing only notications
delivered since the screen was last on.
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Adjust volumes
Use Volume buttons
In-call audio. When you’re on a call, the Volume buttons control the volume of the other person.
Media. When you’re not on a call, the Volume buttons control media volume during playback or before you
listen.
Phone ringtone, notication sounds, and alarms. To adjust these volumes, press a Volume button and then
use this shortcut on your home screen:
1.
Touch to toggle the phone ringtone and notication sounds between on , silent , and vibration only
.
2. Slide to adjust media volume.
3. Touch to mute media volume.
4. Touch to access all volume controls (call, ring, alarm).
Silence with Power & Volume buttons
To silence a ringing phone, press either the Power button or the Volume down button.
To switch to vibrate at any time, press & hold the Power & Volume up buttons until you feel a vibration and
see .
If you want to customize Power & Volume up so that it silences the phone instead of vibrating:
1. Go to Settings > System > Gestures.
2. Touch Prevent ringing > Mute.
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Tip: Use Do Not Disturb to silence all calls, messages, events, and reminders. Turn it on from quick
settings, or schedule it to turn on automatically during certain times or during calendar events.
Pick up to silence
You can simply pick up your phone to silence incoming calls and alarms, and to turn vibration on.
To enable this gesture:
1. Go to Settings > Sound > Advanced.
Or, open the Moto app and touch > Gestures.
2.
Touch Pick up to silence and turn it on .
3. If you want this gesture to silence calls but not alarms (or vice versa), touch Settings and turn the
appropriate option
o .
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Turn ashlight on and o
To turn your ashlight on or o:
1. Open quick settings.
2.
Touch or .
Or, make a chopping motion to turn the ashlight on or o.
If the camera opens instead of turning on the ashlight, be sure to use a chop gesture, not a twist gesture.
To control the chop gesture:
1. Go to Settings > System > Gestures.
Or, open the Moto app and touch > Gestures.
2. Touch Fast ashlight and turn it on or o.
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Take screenshots
Take a screenshot
1. Do one of the following:
Touch & hold three ngers on the screen. (If this doesn't work, turn Three nger screenshot on.)
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Press & hold the Power button, then touch Screenshot.
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Press & hold Power and Volume Down simultaneously until the screen is captured.
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2.
To scroll and capture more content, touch . (If you don't see , turn Screenshot toolkit on.)
To stop scrolling before the end of the page, touch STOP.
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3. Do any of the following:
To edit the screenshot, touch .
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To share it, touch .
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To analyze it with Google Lens, touch .
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For more time to review it before taking an action, touch the thumbnail to open the screenshot.
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To open the screenshot after the thumbnail disappears, swipe the status bar down and touch the
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notication.
4.
If you touched :
To crop the screenshot, touch . To switch between standard, circular, or freeform, touch again.
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To change tools, touch to draw, to write, or to erase. Touch the icon again to adjust related
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options, like stroke thickness, color, and pattern.
Touch to undo and to redo a change.
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Touch Done > Discard to close without saving, or touch Done > Save.
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Find screenshots later
Open the Photos app and touch > Library > Screenshots.
Control phone with your voice
Teach Google Assistant to recognize your voice
1. Open the Google app, then touch More > Settings > Voice > Voice Match.
2. Turn on Hey Google and follow the onscreen instructions to record your voice.
Speak a command
Not all languages support voice commands.
You can tell Google Assistant to call people, get directions, send messages, set alarms. Or, ask questions.
1. Get your assistant's attention by doing any of these:
Say “Hey Google” or “OK Google”, if you've taught it to recognize your voice.
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Press the Power button twice.
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Swipe up from the bottom left or right corner of your phone. Learn more.
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Touch .
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2. Ask a question or say a command. For example, you can say “What's the weather today?” or “Set
alarm for 7 AM tomorrow.”
Tip: To see a list of commands, say “Help”.
3.
To silence Google Assistant when it's talking to you, touch .
Google Assistant will stop listening after a few seconds.
To learn about changing settings for Google Assistant, read Google's help.
Get directions to a location
Navigation and battery life
Navigation is one of the most power-intensive apps, so keep your phone plugged into a high-quality car
charger, especially if you're streaming music and/or using
Bluetooth (also power-intensive features).
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Use voice commands to get directions
1. Be sure you set up voice commands.
2. Say “OK, Google” or “Hey, Google.”
3. Say “Navigate to [destination].”
Use Directions widget
1. Before you hit the road, add a Maps Directions widget to your home screen, and you'll have directions to
any destination you choose.
2. When you're ready to roll, just touch the widget, and your phone will talk you through the directions.
Tip: Combine your Directions widgets into a folder on your home screen.
Get directions to home or work
Get directions from anywhere to your home or work addresses with one touch by setting up a task shortcut
for the Maps app:
1.
Touch & hold .
2.
Drag to a blank space on your home screen.
3. If you haven't set your home or work address yet in Maps, touch the shortcut and follow the onscreen
instructions to add it.
When you're ready to roll, just touch the shortcut, and your phone will talk you through the directions.
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Use clock and weather widget
Add widget to home screen
Put a clock on your home screen and get quick access to alarms, your calendar, and the weather.
1. Touch & hold the home screen.
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2. Touch Widgets.
3. Touch & hold the Moto widget, then drag it to a home screen page.
Set or delete alarms
1. Touch the time.
2. Adjust alarms:
To use an existing alarm, switch it on . Touch to view or edit its ringtone.
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To add a new alarm, touch and set the time and ringtone.
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To delete an alarm, touch next to it, then touch .
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3.
To control general alarm settings, like alarm volume and snooze duration, touch > Settings.
When an alarm is set, shows in the status bar.
Manage weather forecasts
The Moto widget displays current conditions for your location or for a city you specify.
Show temperature and conditions for current location
1. Do one of the following:
Touch Add cities.
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Or, touch the current temperature, then touch .
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2. Turn Current location on.
Tip: To switch between Fahrenheit and Celsius, touch Temperature unit.
Add location
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1. Do one of the following:
If you haven't added locations yet, touch Add cities.
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Or, touch the current temperature, then touch .
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2. Touch Add new location.
3.
Enter a city name or ZIP code, then touch .
4. Touch the city to add.
5. When you add a city, it is set to show on the widget. If you want a dierent city's weather shown on the
widget, select its button
Remove location
1. Touch the temperature.
2.
Touch .
3.
Touch next to the city's name.
from the list of locations.
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View forecasts
1. Touch the current temperature on the widget to open the forecast.
2. Then:
To switch between forecasts for multiple locations you added, swipe right and left.
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To see more details on the weather provider’s website, touch an item on the forecast.
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To change the frequency of forecast updates, touch > Forecast update period, then select a
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duration.
Control weather alert notications
The Moto widget sends notications about weather conditions that need special attention.
To turn notications on or o:
1. Touch the temperature.
2.
Touch .
3. Turn Weather alert notication on or o.
View your calendar
Touch the current date to open your calendar, where you can view or add upcoming events.
View daily steps with Fit
You can track your daily steps on the widget. And, to open the Fit app, touch your steps.
To show or hide your daily steps:
1.
On the widget, touch until you see , then touch it.
2.
Turn Google Fit on or o .
3. If this is your rst time using Fit, follow the onscreen instructions to set up your prole.
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Manage time spent on your phone
Understand your habits
1. Go to Settings > Digital Wellbeing & parental controls.
2. If this is your rst time using this feature, touch Show your data.
3. Review the chart to see:
Time you spent using phone today
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Which apps you’ve had on screen and for how long
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How often you unlocked the phone today
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How many notications you’ve gotten
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4. For more information, touch a label on the chart. For example, to see your screen time for the week,
touch today’s usage time.
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Tip: To nd Digital Wellbeing & parental controls as an app, turn on Show icon in the app list.
Limit daily screen time
For individual apps, you can set a timer that limits the amount you use the app daily.
Tip: To manage your child's screen time, use parental controls.
To set an app timer:
1. Go to Settings > Digital Wellbeing & parental controls > Dashboard.
Or, Settings > Apps & notications > Screen time.
2.
Next to the app you want to limit, touch .
3. Set the total time that you can use the app per day.
When you reach your time limit in an app:
The app closes.
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Its icon dims and no longer opens the app.
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The app timer resets at midnight. To use the app before midnight, go back to the timer in Settings and extend
its time or delete the timer.
Pause distracting apps to focus
Use Focus mode to pause selected apps for fewer distractions.
1. Go to Settings > Digital Wellbeing & parental controls > Focus mode.
2. Choose which apps you want to pause.
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3. Do one of the following:
To turn it on, touch Turn on now.
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To have it turn on automatically, touch Set a schedule, then select days of the week and start/end
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times.
When Focus mode is on:
You'll see in the status bar.
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You won’t be able to use the selected apps and won’t get notications from them.
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Tip: To add Focus mode to quick settings, open quick settings, touch , then drag the tile where you
want it.
To turn Focus mode o:
Open quick settings and touch .
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Or, on the notication, touch Turn o now. (To turn it o for a short period, touch Take a break.)
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To remove the schedule:
1. Do one of the following:
Open quick settings, then touch & hold .
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Go to Settings > Digital Wellbeing & parental controls > Focus mode.
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2.
Next to Schedule, touch .
Tip: To mute sounds, stop vibration, and block notications for all calls and notications, use Do Not
Disturb.
Make it easier to put your phone away at bedtime
You can schedule changes to get ready for sleep.
1. Go to Settings > Digital Wellbeing & parental controls > Bedtime mode.
2. Select when to turn on Bedtime mode.
3. Adjust start and end times if needed.
4. Touch Customize to set what your phone should do during this scheduled time:
Remove screen colors (turn on Grayscale).
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Silence your phone (turn on Do Not Disturb).
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Use parental controls
You can:
Control your child’s access to devices and apps
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Control location settings and view the location of your child’s supervised device
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Set daily usage limits, monitor app usage, and remotely lock supervised devices
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Set lters and controls on what your child can browse, purchase, or download using Chrome, Google
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Search, Play Store, and YouTube
You’ll need to set up parental controls on your and your child's devices.
To set up parental controls on this phone:
1. Go to Settings > Digital Wellbeing & parental controls.
2. Touch Set up parental controls.
3. Follow onscreen instructions to set up the phone for child or adult usage.
4. To set up parental controls on the other device, refer to the help for that device.
To learn more, read Google's help.
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Use onscreen keyboard
Open, close, resize keyboard
To open the keyboard, just touch an area where you can enter text or numbers.
To close the keyboard so you can see other parts of the screen, touch .
To make the keyboard larger, turn your phone horizontally. If your screen doesn’t rotate, check your auto-
rotate setting.
Tip: If you installed other keyboards, you'll see next to the navigation buttons when you're typing. To
switch to a dierent keyboard, touch .
Type special characters
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Touch & hold a key to see related special characters. For example:
Touch & hold . to see other punctuation marks.
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Touch & hold e to see é and 3.
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Tip: To insert a period followed by a space, touch the spacebar twice quickly.
Capitalize letters
To type in ALL CAPS, touch twice, quickly, so you see . Touch it once more to turn ALL CAPS o.
To change capitalization of a word you've already typed:
1. Select the word.
2.
Touch until you see the capitalization you want: rst letter only, ALL CAPS, or lowercase.
Use glide typing
You have two options for entering text: type one letter at a time (multi-touch typing) or slide your nger
through all the letters in a word using one continuous motion (glide typing). Start typing either way and
switch whenever you like.
When you're using glide typing, you can:
Type a word. Drag your nger over the letters in the word.
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Delete words. Drag left slowly from to select a word or string of words, then lift your nger to delete.
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Enter apostrophes in common words. Drag through the letters and the apostrophe is automatically
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inserted.
Add a space. There's no need to use the space bar. Just lift your nger and start the next word.
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You can disable glide typing.
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Get suggestions
Use suggestions to type faster.
When you're typing, you'll see a list of suggested next words above the keys:
Touch a word in the list to insert it in your text.
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If you don’t like a suggested word, touch & hold it, then drag it to .
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You can limit or turn suggestions o.
Spell check and auto correct
Misspelled words are automatically corrected as you type:
To undo a correction, touch .
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To prevent that word from being auto-corrected again, add it to your dictionary by touching the word in
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the list of suggestions above the keys.
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If auto-correction is turned o, you can still check spelling:
1. After you're done typing, review your text; misspelled words (and words not in your dictionary) are
underlined.
2. Touch an underlined word:
If the word is spelled correctly, touch it in the suggestion bar.
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If the word is misspelled, select the correct word in the suggestion bar or type the correction.
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Type in multiple languages
If you have added multiple languages as a system language in your phone settings, keyboards and text
suggestion are available for those languages:
When using a keyboard language other than your primary system language, available keyboard
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languages are shown on the spacebar.
To toggle between languages, touch .
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To see a list of available keyboards, touch & hold or the spacebar.
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You can add keyboards for other languages.
Cut, copy, paste text
You can select and copy text from web pages and messages.
1. To select text, touch & hold a word.
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2. Touch Copy, Cut, Share, Select all or:
Select more text. Drag the sliders .
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Get information about selected text. Touch Web Search.
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Translate selected text. Touch > Translate. (If you don't see this option, install the Google Translate
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app.)
3. To paste text, touch to insert at the cursor or select a block of text to replace. Then touch Paste.
Tips:
In some apps, you need to double-tap a word to select it (instead of touching & holding it).
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When you use Copy, the text is copied to the clipboard in your phone's memory, overwriting previous
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text in the clipboard. If you want to save and manage everything you copy into the clipboard, search
for “clipboard manager” in Play Store to select and download an app.
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Use voice typing
Enable keyboard mic for dictation
If you don't see on your keyboard:
1.
On the keyboard, touch or > .
2.
Touch Voice typing and turn Use voice typing on .
Dictate text
1. Touch a text eld to show the onscreen keyboard.
2.
Touch on the onscreen keyboard.
3. Speak what you want to type:
Speak naturally but clearly. There's no need to shout or hold the phone close to your mouth.
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To include punctuation, say “comma,” “period,” “question mark,” or “exclamation point.”
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To pause or restart, touch .
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To delete a word, touch .
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Fill in forms automatically
Don’t retype your personal information again and again. Save it securely, then with just one touch, ll in
passwords, addresses, credit cards, and other information saved to your Google account.
To set it up:
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1. Go to Settings > Privacy > Advanced > Autoll service from Google.
Or, Settings > System > Languages & input > Advanced > Autoll service > .
2. Touch CONTINUE.
3. Touch categories to review and edit personal information, addresses, credit cards, and passwords.
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Change wallpaper
You can change the background image on your home screen or lock screen. Use your own photos, images that
came on your phone, or images from an online category.
1. Open the Wallpapers app.
2. Do one of the following:
To set a single wallpaper, select a photo or wallpaper.
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To use an animated background, select a live wallpaper. Many live wallpapers include settings. Look
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for
or to set options.
To see a new wallpaper each day, open a category and touch Daily wallpaper > Continue.
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3. Touch Set wallpaper.
4. Select whether you want to use the wallpaper on your home screen, lock screen, or both.
If your photo is too large
Open the photo and take a screenshot of it. Then edit the screenshot as needed and set it as the wallpaper.
If you selected a live wallpaper
Some live wallpapers play motion for several seconds then pause. To start or pause motion, touch the screen.
If your battery is low, temporarily change live wallpaper to a static image to save power.
If you selected Daily wallpaper
To skip a daily wallpaper, open the Wallpapers app and touch on your current daily wallpaper image.
Customize your Favorites tray
The Favorites tray at the bottom of the home screen gives you one-touch access to your most-used applications. You can customize these app shortcuts.
To change the app shortcuts:
1. Touch & hold one of the app shortcuts, then drag it up and drop it on Remove.
2. Swipe up from the bottom of the home screen to open your app list.
3. Touch & hold the app you want. When the new shortcut appears, drag it to the empty spot in your tray.
Tip: You can also use folders in your Favorites tray.
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Add widgets, shortcuts, or folders
Add widgets
Widgets stream information, giving some of an app’s functionality without opening the app. For example,
the Calendar widget shows your daily agenda and gives you one-touch access to your full calendar.
To add a widget:
1. Touch & hold the home screen.
2. Touch Widgets.
Widgets are listed under their related apps.
3. Touch & hold a widget to add it.
You can make some widgets larger to view more content:
1. Touch & hold the widget until it's highlighted.
2. Release it to see an outline.
3. Drag a corner or side to resize.
Add app shortcuts
1. Swipe up from the bottom of the home screen to open your app list.
2. Touch & hold the app you want.
3. Drag the app to an empty spot on your home screen. Or, drag it to the edge of the screen and drop it onto
a new home screen panel.
Add task shortcuts
Many apps icons include shortcuts to common tasks, so you don’t have to open and navigate the app.
1. Touch & hold an app icon to see available task shortcuts.
2. Do one of the following:
To perform the task, touch it.
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To create a shortcut for that task, drag to an empty space on your homescreen.
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Here are examples of task shortcuts for various apps. Not all apps include task shortcuts.
App
Gmail
Task shortcuts
Compose new email
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Open to specic account
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Navigate to Work
Maps
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Navigate to Home
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YouTube
Chrome
Calendar
Messages
Clock
Search
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Subscriptions
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Explore
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New incognito tab
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New tab
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New reminder
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New event
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Open most recent conversation
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New conversation
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Start screen saver
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Start stopwatch
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Create new timer
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Create new alarm
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Battery
Settings
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Data usage
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Wi-Fi
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Add web page shortcuts
1. Open the Chrome app.
2. Navigate to the web page.
3.
Touch > Add to Home screen.
4. Edit the name if desired.
5. Touch Add.
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6. Do one of the following:
Touch & hold the icon to drag it where you want on the home screen.
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Touch Add automatically.
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Add folders
Folders organize your shortcuts.
1. Touch & hold an app shortcut on your home screen.
2. Drag it onto another to group them together, then release when a circle forms around them:
Then you can:
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Add more apps. Drag app icons onto the circle from your home screen or app tray.
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Use an app in the folder. Open the folder and touch the app's icon.
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Name the folder. Open the folder, then touch its name and type a new name.
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Remove an app from the folder. Open the folder and drag the app icon onto the home screen, or drag it
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up and drop it on Remove.
Delete the folder. Touch & hold the folder, then drag it to Remove.
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Remove widgets, shortcuts, or folders
To remove widgets or shortcuts from your home screen:
1. Touch & hold it until it vibrates.
2. Drag it to Remove.
To select a totally new user interface for your home screen, download a dierent launcher.
Remake your home screen with launchers
Get dierent launcher
Totally changing the look and feel of your home screen is easy to do. Just select and download a new
launcher app. Switch back to the standard look and feel at any time. Launchers frequently include new sets of
wallpapers, new gestures for interacting with your phone, and customizable elements for your home screen.
1. Search for “launcher” in Play Store.
2. Read through the choices and download the one (or more) that you want.
3. To start using it, open the app or follow the onscreen instructions after downloading it.
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Switch between launchers
1. Go to Settings > Apps & notications.
2. Touch Default apps > Home app.
Or, touch Advanced > Default apps > Home app.
3. Select the launcher you want to use.
4.
To adjust its settings, touch .
Delete launchers
You can only delete launchers that you installed.
Touch & hold the launcher's app icon, then touch > Uninstall.
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Use a screen saver
Set up screen saver
While your phone is idle on a dock or charger, turn it into a desk clock, a photo frame to show o your pics, or
more.
1. Go to Settings > Display > Advanced.
2. Touch Screen saver.
3. Do any of the following:
To change screen savers, touch Current screen saver, then select one. To set options for that screen
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saver, touch
To preview your selection, touch Start now. Touch the screen anywhere (unlock if necessary) to
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return to settings.
To adjust when the screen saver starts (while docked, charging, or either), touch When to start.
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Start screen saver
The screen saver automatically starts when you connect your phone to a dock or charger and the screen turns
o.
To exit the screen saver and return to your home or lock screen:
Press the Power button.
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Or, if you're using ngerprint security, touch the sensor.
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To manually start your screen saver any time, go to Settings > Display > Advanced > Screen saver and touch
Start now.
Turn o screen saver
To prevent the screen saver from starting automatically:
1. Go to Settings > Display > Advanced.
2. Touch Screen saver > When to start > Never.
Add screen savers
Search for “Screen saver” in Play Store for apps that give you more.
After you install an app, you can select the new ones in Settings > Display > Advanced > Screen saver.
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Set ringtones
Change default call ringtone
1. Go to Settings > Sound.
2. Touch Advanced > Phone ringtone.
3. Do one of the following:
Select a ringtone from the list.
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To use a song as the ringtone, touch Add ringtone at the bottom of the list. Then touch > Audio
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and select the song stored on your phone.
For silence, touch None at the top of the list.
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You can set the phone to vibrate when it rings for calls.
To extend battery life, turn vibrate o.
1. Go to Settings > Sound.
2.
Turn Vibrate for calls on or o .
Set call ringtone for a contact
You can choose a unique ringtone for calls from specic people so you'll know instantly who's calling.
1.
Open the Contacts app.
2. Touch the contact's name.
3.
Touch > Set ringtone.
4. Do one of the following:
Select a ringtone from the list.
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To use a song as the ringtone, touch Add ringtone at the bottom of the list. Then touch to browse
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and select the song stored on your phone. Touch to show internal storage.
For silence, touch None at the top of the list.
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Set ringtone for app notications
You can set a default sound for notications from apps including messaging and email. You can also set a
unique ringtone for notications from specic apps. Learn how.
Tip: To change your alarm sound, open the Clock app and touch . Then touch .
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Get more ringtones
Although your phone comes with lots of ringtones, you can get more:
Search for “ringtones” in Play Store and install an app that provide ringtones.
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Search for “ringtone maker” in Play Store and install an app that lets you create custom ringtones.
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Open the app and use it to select entire songs or portions of songs.
If you have songs that are .mp3 les stored on your computer, connect your phone and computer with a
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USB cable, then copy the song to your phone.
Fix a problem
If you're not hearing your ringtones:
Look for in your status bar, which means you're in Do Not Disturb mode. Open quick settings and
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touch to turn Do Not Disturb o.
Check that your ringtone volume is set to .
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Enhance sound
About Audio eects
Use preset equalizers to enhance your phone’s speaker sound, or apply sound proles to your headphones
or other connected device based on the type of media playing.
Turn Audio eects on/o
1. Go to Settings > Sound > Audio eects.
2.
Turn it on or o .
To use only for the phone's speaker, set the sound prole for headphones or other audio devices to
CUSTOM > O.
To use only for headphones or connected devices, set the speaker equalizer to O.
Set equalizer for phone's speaker
1. Go to Settings > Sound > Audio eects.
2. Make sure it's on and that no devices are connected.
3. Select an equalizer for the speaker.
Set sound prole for headphones or other device
You can select a preset sound prole for your headphones or other connected device, and your phone will
remember the next time you connect it.
1. Connect your headphones or other audio device.
2. Go to Settings > Sound > Audio eects.
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3.
Make sure it's on .
4. Select an eect:
3D Stereo: Immersive and spatial sound experience, great for gaming
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Theater: Optimized for surround sound
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Live: Simulates the eect of a live concert
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Custom: Touch to select a preset equalizer prole and a surround sound option
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Avoid interruptions with Do Not Disturb
Quickly turn Do Not Disturb on or o
When you're busy, use Do Not Disturb to mute sounds, stop vibration, and block notications.
Turn it on
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1.
Open quick settings and touch .
You'll see in the status bar when Do Not Disturb is on.
2.
To change how long it stays on, in quick settings, touch & hold , touch Default duration, and then
choose one:
To keep it on indenitely, touch Until you turn o.
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To select a duration, touch For 1 hour, then touch + or - to adjust the time.
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To choose each time you turn Do Not Disturb on, touch Ask every time.
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Turn it o
Open quick settings and touch .
If it's turning itself on again, but you don't want it to:
Make sure you're not silencing on a schedule or during calendar events.
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If you're using Bedtime mode, touch Settings > Digital Wellbeing & parental controls > Bedtime mode
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and turn Do Not Disturb o .
Set down to start
You can turn on Do Not Disturb by placing your phone face down on a surface. To enable this gesture:
1. Go to Settings > Sound > Advanced.
Or, open the Moto app and touch > Gestures.
2.
Touch Flip for DND and turn it on .
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Set overall behavior
Sound and vibration
When Do Not Disturb is on, sound and vibration are muted. Alarms and media aren't muted by default, but
you can mute them too.
To adjust settings for alarms, media, and touch sounds:
1. Go to Settings > Sound > Do Not Disturb.
2. Touch See all exceptions.
3.
For each category, select whether sound and vibration is muted or not .
Notications
When Do Not Disturb is on, you won’t see or hear notications by default. You can change settings to:
Allow visual notications but no sound
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Allow or prevent the screen from turning on or waking
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Show or hide notication dots, status bar icons, pop-up notications
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Show or hide notications from the notication list
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To change how Do Not Disturb handles notications:
1. Go to Settings > Sound > Do Not Disturb.
2. Touch Restrict notications.
3. Do one of the following:
To block sound from notications but still see them on your screen, select No sound from
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notications.
To block all visual notications, select No visuals or sound from notications.
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To block or allow selected visual notications, select Custom and turn features on or o.
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If Do Not Disturb is o and you expect but aren't getting notications from an app, check your settings for the
app's notications.
Allow exceptions
When Do Not Disturb is on, incoming calls, messages, and calendar events or reminders are muted. You can
allow exceptions.
Calls
1. Go to Settings > Sound > Do Not Disturb.
2. Touch Calls > Allow calls.
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3. Choose whether to allow calls from:
Anyone
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Contacts only
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Starred (favorite) contacts only
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None
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4. To let calls through from repeat callers (the same person calling a second time within 15 minutes), turn
Allow repeat callers on .
Text messages
1. Go to Settings > Sound > Do Not Disturb.
2. Touch SMS, MMS, and messaging apps > Allow messages.
3. Choose whether to allow messages from:
Anyone
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Contacts only
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Starred (favorite) contacts only
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None
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Calendar events and reminders
1. Go to Settings > Sound > Do Not Disturb.
2. Touch See all exceptions.
3.
Turn Allow reminders and Allow events on .
Silence on schedule
You can create a schedule for when your phone should automatically switch into and out of Do Not Disturb
mode.
1.
Open quick settings, then touch & hold .
2. Touch Schedules.
3. Use rules to set the schedule:
To use an existing rule, touch its name, like Sleeping. Turn Use rule on and adjust times or settings
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as needed.
To create a new rule, touch Add more. Touch Time, then enter a name and touch OK. Specify its
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days, start and end times, and level of silence.
To stop your phone from automatically silencing:
1. Go to Settings > Sound.
2. Touch Do Not Disturb > Schedules.
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3. Do any of the following:
To use the schedule later, uncheck it to turn it o.
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To delete a schedule, touch > .
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To delete multiple schedules, touch > Delete schedules.
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Silence during calendar events
Your phone can automatically switch into and out of Do Not Disturb mode for all scheduled events in
calendars that you specify.
1.
Open quick settings, then touch & hold .
2. Touch Schedules.
3. Do one of the following:
To use an existing one, turn it on.
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To create a new one, touch Add more. Touch Event, then enter a name and touch OK.
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4. Adjust options to select the calendar to use and your reply status.
To stop your phone from automatically silencing:
1. Go to Settings > Sound.
2. Touch Do Not Disturb > Schedules.
3. Do any of the following:
To use the schedule later, uncheck it to turn it o.
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To delete a schedule, touch > .
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To delete multiple schedules, touch > Delete schedules.
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Stop phone from speaking
Silence replies to voice commands
Some voice commands (like “What's up?” and “What is the current weather?”) cause Google Assistant to
speak in response.
To quickly silence a voice command response, touch .
To have your phone show responses to voice commands on screen and only speak them when you’re
wearing headphones or a Bluetooth headset:
1. Open the Google app.
2. Touch More > Settings.
3. Touch Voice > Spoken results.
4. Touch Hands-free searches only.
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Turn o screen reader
If your phone describes everything you touch on screen, speaking your notications, and reading messages
aloud, you might have turned on a screen reader. This accessibility feature helps people with visual
impairments.
To turn it o:
1. Press & hold both Volume Up and Down buttons for three seconds. If TalkBack was reading the screen,
this pauses readout so you can update settings more easily.
2. Go to Settings > Accessibility.
3. Turn o all screen readers, such as TalkBack or Select to Speak.
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Silence “Hello Moto” during power up
If you don’t want your phone to say “Hello Moto” when it powers up:
1. Go to Settings > Sound > Advanced.
2.
Turn Power on sounds o .
You can't adjust the volume level for this sound.
Turn o charging sounds
If you don’t want your phone to make a sound when it comes in contact with a charger:
1. Go to Settings > Sound > Advanced.
2. Turn o Charging sounds and vibration.
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About your apps
Open an app
Swipe up from the bottom of your home screen, then touch the app to open.
Preloaded apps
The following apps are preloaded on your phone. Don’t want some? Delete or disable them.
Icon App Description
Assistant Use your voice to control your phone.
Calculator Make some quick calculations.
Calendar Keep track of your upcoming events, get automatic reminders on your phone, and
coordinate with others by sharing calendars.
Camera Capture photos or videos. To learn more, read help in Camera app.
Chrome Browse the web. Access your browser bookmarks from any device, and sync tabs
with your computer or Android devices.
Clock Set alarms. Use a timer or stopwatch.
Contacts Organize and connect with your contacts. Assign ringtones to people.
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Docs Create, edit, and collaborate with others on documents.
Drive Store and synchronize your les on Google's cloud, then access them anywhere you
have an internet connection. Create and share spreadsheets, documents, and
presentations. Scan documents and share or print them.
Duo Make video call with your friends across Android and iOS.
Facebook Connect with friends, family, and communities. Share updates and media. Find
information on events, entertainment, and businesses.
Files Browse and manage les and folders stored on your device or SD card.
Fit Track your health and physical activity.
FM Radio Listen to FM radio stations. (Available in Play Store if not preloaded.) To learn more,
open the app and touch > Help.
Gmail Compose, send, view, or search your email from your phone or computer.
Google Search the web, see your updates, and adjust Google settings, including privacy.
Google One Get expanded storage, Google support, and other member benets with a paid
subscription.
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Google Pay Pay with your phone in-store or online, and send cash using this secure digital
wallet.
Google TV Get movies and TV shows for instant viewing from Play Store.
Home Set up and control your Google Home and Chromecast devices, and other home
products like lights, cameras, and thermostats.
Maps Find your destination, explore locations.
Messages Send and receive text messages.
Moto Select available gestures for phone shortcuts and control notications.
News See headlines, weather, and information on your favorite topics and locations.
Phone Make calls.
Photos Manage photos and upload them automatically to your private album.
Play Store Get apps for your phone, as well as books, magazines, music, and movies and
access them from your computer or any Android device.
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Podcasts Find the latest episodes of your favorite podcasts, browse popular and trending
podcasts, or discover new podcasts based on your listening history and preferences.
Settings Customize your phone settings.
Sheets Create, edit, and collaborate with others on spreadsheets.
Slides Create, edit, collaborate with others, and play presentations.
Wallpapers Change your wallpaper, get new ones, or automatically show a new one every day.
YouTube Find, view, and upload videos to the web.
YT Music Stream your favorite albums, singles, and live performances, and get
recommendations for new music.
Get more apps
Don’t see what you need? Download more apps.
Tip: Swipe up and touch Search apps. Type the missing app's name to go to Play Store where you
can install with one touch.
Get help for an app
1. Open the app.
2.
Touch or .
3. Look for Help or Settings > Help.
Apps
Switch between recent apps
1. Drag up from the bottom of the home screen, hold, then let go.
2. In your list of recent apps:
Touch any app screen to return to it.
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Swipe left or right to see more apps.
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Swipe an app up to remove it from the list.
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To clear the list, swipe all the way right and touch Clear all.
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Tips:
To switch between apps, swipe left or right at the very bottom of the screen.
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Use two apps at once with split screen.
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Close apps
To get out of an app, swipe up from the bottom of the screen.
You don't need to close apps. Android manages the memory and battery that apps use, so you don't need to
worry about leaving apps open.
To remove apps from your recently used list:
1. Drag up from the bottom of the home screen, hold, then let go.
2. Do one of the following:
To remove one app, swipe up to remove it from the list.
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To remove all apps, swipe right to the end of the list and touch Clear all.
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Tips for using apps
You can change the background color of your app list to be light or dark.
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See how long you use each app and set app timers to improve your digital wellbeing.
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You can print from many apps.
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Copy and paste text between apps with the clipboard.
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To organize apps into groups on your home screen, use folders.
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Want to turn the ashlight on or o? Use quick settings ( or ). No app required.
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If you’re having problems with an app, try these troubleshooting steps.
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Apps
View two apps on screen
Use split screen view
1. Open the rst app.
2. Drag up from the bottom of the home screen, hold, then release.
3.
In the list of recent apps, touch the app's icon at the top of the preview to see and .
Be sure to touch the app's icon instead of the preview, which opens the app.
4.
Touch Split screen.
5. Select the second app to use.
Exit split screen view
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Drag the black divider all the way up or down.
Use Picture-in-picture
With some apps, you can watch video in a small, movable frame while you do other things. Use it when
navigating with Google Maps, too.
1.
When you’re playing a video or navigating with Maps, touch or swipe up from the bottom of the
screen.
The video (or navigation) shrinks.
2. You can drag the video (or navigation) anywhere on the screen.
To return it to full size, touch it twice.
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To close it, drag it to the bottom of the screen. Or, touch it, then touch .
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To turn o Picture-in-picture for the app in use, touch it, then touch and turn Allow picture-in-
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picture o .
To see all apps that support Picture-in-picture:
1. Go to Settings > Apps & notications.
2. Touch Advanced > Special app access > Picture-in-picture.
3.
To turn o Picture-in-picture for an app, touch it and turn Allow picture-in-picture o .
View notications
Find your notications
Apps send notications to alert you about things like new messages, calendar events, and alarms.
Apps
You can check your notications from a few places:
They appear on your lock screen.
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You see them when you swipe the status bar down on any screen.
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If you receive multiple notications from an app, they're bundled together. Swipe down to view more details.
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Some important notications pop up briey over your current app so that you can take action. For example, a
notication for an incoming call might appear while you're watching a video, so that you can answer or
dismiss the call.
If an app icon has a notication dot, you can touch & hold it to see the most recent notication:
What you can do with notications
Respond from a notication
Many notications include actions at the bottom that let you complete common tasks without opening the
full app. If you have several notications, these actions are hidden. When you see , touch it to reveal
actions.
Open the app that sent the notication
Swipe down from the top of the screen and touch the notication to open the app. From your lock screen,
touch the notication twice and enter your PIN, pattern, or password to unlock your screen and open the app.
Snooze a notication
Swipe left or right slowly. Then touch and select a duration to snooze notications. To snooze
notications, rst turn on snoozing.
Dismiss a notication
Swipe it sideways. Some notications, like voicemails, require an action and cannot be dismissed.
Dismiss all notications
Swipe to the end of your notications and touch Clear all.
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Customize your notications
Use Do Not Disturb to silence all notications when you don’t want interruptions.
Touch & hold a notication to customize that app's notications. Then you can:
Stop all notications from that app.
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Change the app's notications to be Silent instead of Alerting.
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About Moto experiences
The Moto app provides experiences to help you get the most from your Motorola phone.
You can turn these features on or o with the app or in Settings.
Turn gestures on/o
Perform everyday tasks with quick motions.
You turn each gesture on/o independently.
Touch “Learn more” links to learn how to use and turn gestures on/o.
Use three ngers to take a screenshot. Learn more.
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Make a chopping motion to turn the ashlight on or o. Learn more.
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Use the Volume buttons to switch tracks when listening to music. Learn more.
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Set your phone face down on a surface to start Do Not Disturb mode. Learn more.
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Pick up your ringing phone to silence it and switch to vibrate. Learn more.
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Other settings
See what’s going on while your screen is o with Peek Display. Learn more.
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Silence the “Hello Moto” greeting during startup. Learn how.
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To nd information about dierent settings, touch above.
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Install or update apps
Get apps from Google Play Store
Need a voice recorder, notepad, or compass? You can download more apps, in addition to the apps preloaded
on your phone.
To download apps:
1. Open the Play Store app.
2. Browse by category or search.
3. Touch an item to see a description, read reviews, and download it.
You'll see in the status bar when the app has downloaded and installed successfully.
Tips:
To view Play Store apps you've installed on this phone, touch > My apps & games. Touch LIBRARY
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to see apps you've installed on other devices using the same Google account.
To prevent accidental or unwanted purchases, touch > Settings > Require authentication for
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purchases.
Get apps from other sources
Before downloading, do some research: check the app's rating and read lots of comments.
To download apps:
1. Open the Chrome app and go to the appropriate site to download the app.
If you see a warning, touch OK to continue.
You'll see in the status bar when the download completes.
2. Touch the download notication to install the app. Or, open the Files app to install it later.
3. When installing the app, be sure to review what information the app will access. If you don’t want the
app to access this information, cancel the installation. For example, if you're installing an app that makes
a shopping list, the app should not require access to your contacts.
Update Play Store apps automatically
Updating your apps gives you the latest features and improves security and stability. For best performance,
apps are set to update automatically.
If an app changes the information it wants to access on your phone, you will receive a notication to update
the app manually and will be required to review and accept the new permissions.
To control when your apps are automatically updated:
1. Open the Play Store app.
2.
Touch > Settings.
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3. Touch Auto-update apps.
4. Select whether apps should:
Auto-update over any network
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Auto-update only over Wi-Fi - save data charges on your cellular plan
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Update Play Store apps manually
1. Open the Play Store app.
2.
Touch > My apps & games.
3. On the UPDATES tab, touch Update all, or to update a specic app, touch Update next to its name.
4. Read the summary of what changed, then swipe down to review any changes to permission details, what
information on your phone the app can access. If you agree, touch Update.
Turn o Play Store auto-updates
To stop a specic app from updating automatically:
1. Open the Play Store app.
2.
Touch > My apps & games.
3. Touch the INSTALLED tab, then touch the app's name.
4.
Touch and turn o Enable auto update.
To stop all apps from updating automatically:
1. Open the Play Store app.
2.
Touch > Settings.
3. Touch Auto-update apps > Don't auto-update apps.
Restore Play Store apps
If you uninstall an app you got from Play Store, you can reinstall it anytime. Have apps you use infrequently,
such as a ight tracker? Delete them and easily reinstall when needed.
1. Open the Play Store app.
2.
Touch > My apps & games.
3. Touch the LIBRARY tab for a list of every app you’ve downloaded.
4. Next to the app name, touch INSTALL.
5.
If you have multiple Google accounts, touch and next to your account touch . Select the other
account and repeat the process to restore apps downloaded in that account.
Apps : Manage your apps
Manage or delete apps
Organize apps
To organize apps into groups on your home screen, use folders.
Control app permissions
The rst time you use an app, and sometimes when you install or update it, you are asked to grant the app
permission to access certain data and phone features.
You can adjust these permissions any time.
To adjust permissions by app:
1.
Touch & hold the app icon, then touch .
2. Touch Permissions.
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3. Turn each permission on or o as needed.
Tip: To see how the app uses each permission, touch > All permissions.
You can also review each feature and adjust which apps have permission.
Use safe mode
Issues such as apps crashing, unexpected reboots, or fast battery drain could be caused by a third-party app.
Use safe mode to start your phone with only the original software and apps. If the issues go away in safe
mode, the problem is probably from a third-party app you downloaded.
To restart in safe mode:
1. Press & hold the Power button.
2. Touch & hold Power o. Then touch OK to restart in safe mode.
When it restarts, you'll see Safe mode across the bottom of the home screen and widgets will be
disabled.
3. Use your phone and see if the problem has gone away. Remember, you won’t be able to use any
downloaded apps.
If the problem goes away:
1. To exit safe mode, restart your phone.
2. One by one, uninstall recently downloaded apps. After each removal, restart your phone. See whether
removing that app solved the problem.
3. Once you delete the problematic app, you can restore the other apps you removed during testing.
If the problem doesn't go away: Try these troubleshooting steps for phone performance issues.
Exit safe mode
Restart your phone by holding down the Power button for about 30 seconds.
Apps : Manage your apps
Clear app's cache or data
Clearing the cache and data can free up phone memory, improve performance, and x some problems with
apps and web pages.
1.
Touch & hold the app icon, then touch .
2. Do one of the following:
To free up space by removing temporary les, touch Storage & cache > Clear cache. Over time, the
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cache builds up again, so repeat if a problem occurs.
If problems still occur, then delete all data saved in the app by touching Storage & cache > Clear
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storage. Be careful - there’s no way to undo this.
Force stop apps
Force stop an app only if it seems to be causing a problem. To completely shut down an app, including any
background services:
1.
Touch & hold the app icon, then touch .
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2. Touch Force stop.
Delete apps you installed
You can delete (uninstall) apps that you downloaded. For many preloaded apps, you can disable but not
delete them.
1. Touch & hold the app's icon.
2. Do one of the following:
Drag the icon up and drop it on . This removes the app and frees storage space.
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If you don't see a delete option, touch & hold the app icon, then touch > Disable.
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Delete apps installed by others
If you are the owner of the phone and share it with users or guests, you can uninstall apps they installed.
Although their apps don’t appear in your app tray or on your home screen, they do reduce available storage
space.
1. Go to Settings > Apps & notications > See all ### apps.
Apps installed by others show the message Not installed for this user.
2. Touch the app name.
3.
Touch > Uninstall for all users.
Back up to Google
You can automatically back up the following items to your Google account:
Apps and app data
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Call history
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Contacts
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Phone settings (including Wi-Fi passwords and permissions)
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Photos and videos (synced to your Google Photos library, not to Google Drive)
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SMS text messages (if using Messages)
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Not all apps back up data automatically. Check with the app developer.
To automatically back up to Google Drive:
1. Go to Settings > System > Advanced.
2. Touch Backup.
3.
Turn Back up to Google Drive on .
4. If you have multiple Google accounts, touch Account to select an account.
5. Follow the onscreen instructions.
To back up other les that aren't automatically backed up, like attachments or downloads:
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1.
Open the Drive app.
2. Touch +.
3. Touch Upload, then choose the les or folder to upload.
Protect against harmful apps
Scan phone for harmful apps
Google Play Protect helps keep your phone secure by automatically scanning your apps, including
sideloaded apps, to check for potentially harmful apps (malware).
If Google Play Protect nds a potentially harmful app, it stops the app from running and warns you so that
you can uninstall it.
To see the results or to rescan:
1. Open the Play Store app.
2.
Touch > My apps & games.
3. Do any of the following:
To see the results of latest scan, on the UPDATES, look at the message next to .
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To rescan your phone, touch .
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Google Play Protect is on by default.
If your phone seems slow
If you’ve scanned your phone to conrm there aren’t any potentially harmful apps but your phone seems
slow, try these troubleshooting steps.
Apps : Search and browse
Search the web
Search from anywhere
You don't have to leave your current app to search for the info you need. Use Google Assistant from any
screen to get search results and options for your next action.
To search:
1. Say “OK, Google” or “Hey, Google”. (Be sure you've set up the launch phrase.)
Or swipe diagonally from either lower corner of the screen.
2. Tell the assistant what you're looking for. For example, search for a local restaurant by saying “Find
[restaurant name].”
3. Below the search result, touch options for related actions: make a call, get directions, read reviews, and
more.
For more help with Google Assistant, read Google's support information.
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Search with the widget
To type your search term:
1. Touch the Search widget.
2. Start typing a search term.
As you type, suggested terms appear.
3. Touch a suggestion to search for it.
Use camera to search for info
In the Camera app, you can use Google Lens on the viewnder to:
Search for information about objects and surroundings: Learn about products, landmarks and
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buildings, plants and animals, books and visual art
Scan barcodes and QR codes: Search for related information, open a website to purchase a product
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Digitize real-world text: Copy text to paste in another app, translate text, save business card information
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to Contacts, create calendar events from dates on posters or billboards
To use Google Lens:
1.
Open the Camera app and touch .
2.
Frame the item you want to learn about and touch .
3. Touch the item you want to learn about.
For text, touch it to select it, and use to select more.
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4. In the list of results:
Review results, then touch a selection to view it or take the suggested action.
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To crop the area of your search for more accurate results, touch .
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For more actions, touch and then:
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Translate text
Copy or scan text
Homework help, like steps to solve math problems
Shopping, product details
Places, building details
Menus, restaurant reviews
You can also use Google Lens on captured photos and screenshots. In the Photos app, open the photo or
screenshot, then touch .
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To learn more, read Google's help.
Search from Gboard
When you're typing with the onscreen keyboard:
1.
Touch above the keys.
2. Start typing a term in the search bar.
3. Touch a result to share its link, or touch one of the additional suggested searches for more information.
If you don't see on your keyboard:
1. Go to Settings > System > Languages & input > Virtual keyboard.
2. Touch Gboard > Search.
3.
Turn Show "Search and more" button on .
Search for nearby phone numbers
To nd and call a nearby business:
1.
Open the Phone app.
2.
Touch .
3. Say or type the name of place to call, or a search term about the place (for example, “restaurant”).
You’ll see a list of nearby search results.
4. Touch the place to dial its number.
If it doesn't work:
Make sure Location is enabled.
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Touch > > Settings and turn Nearby places on.
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Delete Google search history
Read Google's help for instructions.
Use search engine other than Google
To use a search engine other than Google:
1. Search for “search engine” in Play Store and install one of the apps.
2. Open that app to search.
3. Optionally:
Delete the Google search widget from your home screen. If you can’t delete it, use a dierent
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launcher for your home screen that doesn’t include the widget.
Install a browser to replace Chrome and make it your default browser.
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Turn o Google’s collection of your information.
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Search your phone
Search contents of your phone
1. Touch the Search widget.
2. Enter a search term.
3.
On the search results page, under , swipe left and change ALL to PERSONAL.
If you're not seeing results:
1. Open the Google app.
2. Touch More > Settings.
3. Touch General > Personal results.
4. Make sure that everything you want to include in your searches is checked.
Find an app
1. Swipe up from the bottom of the home screen to open your app list.
2.
Touch Search apps.
3. Type the app's name.
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4. If the app is on your phone, touch its icon to open it.
If the app isn't on your phone, touch SEARCH FOR MORE APPS to go to Play Store and install with one
touch.
Find your phone number
1. Go to Settings.
2. Touch About phone > Phone number.
Find photos, videos, les
To nd photos or videos on your phone, use the Photos app.
To nd downloaded les, use the Files app.
Browse websites
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Visit and bookmark websites
Your phone connects to your carrier's cellular network or to a Wi-Fi network to access the internet. To save
data charges on your cellular plan, use a Wi-Fi connection.
1.
Open the Chrome app.
2. Go to a site by touching the bar at the top and typing the address.
3. On a web page:
To bookmark it, touch > .
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Or, touch > Add to Home screen to put a shortcut on your home screen.
To search for text on that page, touch > Find in page.
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To open a link, touch it.
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To see options for opening a link in a new tab and copying or sharing a link, touch & hold the link.
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To print the page, touch > Share > Chrome Print. If you don't see your printer listed, set up your
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print service.
4.
To return to the previous page touch .
To learn more about browsing or managing bookmarks, open Chrome and touch > Help & Feedback.
Open and switch browser tabs
In the Chrome app:
To switch tabs, touch the switcher icon .
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To open a new tab, touch touch the switcher icon , then touch .
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Clear browsing history
1.
Open the Chrome app.
2.
Touch > History.
3. Touch CLEAR BROWSING DATA.
You can also review and delete your search history.
Change default browser
You can download other browsers from Play Store. After you've installed one, you can make it your default
browser.
1. Go to Settings > Apps & notications.
2. Touch Default apps > Browser app.
Or, touch Advanced > Default apps > Browser app.
3. Touch the app to use.
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About text and multimedia messages
Text messages - SMS
SMS (Short Message Service) messages contain text only. One text message can contain 160 characters; when
you near the limit, a counter appears. If you type more, your message is sent in a series of SMS messages.
You can send one SMS message to multiple people, and replies are delivered in separate, not group,
conversation threads (unless you and your recipients have group messaging enabled).
SMS messages are included in most carriers' text messaging plans and do not use cellular data.
Multimedia messages - MMS
MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) messages can include unlimited text plus a photo, picture slideshow,
video, or sound le.
You can send one MMS message to multiple people using group messaging, containing text only or text and
media, and replies are delivered in group conversation threads to each person in the group.
MMS messages use cellular data and require a cellular data plan or pay-per-use payment.
Group messaging
Group messaging lets multiple people carry on a group conversation. All replies from recipients are delivered
to all recipients, in a group conversation thread.
Though you send one message to multiple recipients, you are charged for each message received. Group
messaging:
Converts multiple-recipient SMS messages to MMS for all who can receive them
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Is available for MMS messages only
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Note: Recipients who cannot receive MMS messages receive SMS instead and, if media is attached, a link
to download it over Wi-Fi (when oered by carrier). Replies are to the sender only, in an individual
conversation.
If you don’t want to receive replies in group conversations, you can turn o group messaging in the
Messages app.
Read, send, manage text messages
Read and reply to a text message
When you receive a text message with the Messages app, you'll see in the status bar.
1.
Swipe the status bar down and touch .
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2. Do any of the following:
To respond to the message, enter your response in the text box and touch .
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If the message is from an unassigned number, create a contact to associate a name with that number.
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To open an attached photo, slideshow, or any type of attachment, touch it.
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To save an attachment, touch & hold it, then touch .
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To nd a message, touch at the top of your message list and enter search terms.
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Tips:
If you don't want multi-recipient SMS messages converted to MMS and want replies sent in separate
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conversations (threads) to you only, turn o group messaging.
To protect your privacy, you can hide sensitive content for lock screen notications.
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Send text message
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1.
Open the Messages app.
2.
Touch .
3. Enter recipients, then type the message.
4. Optionally:
To add an attachment, touch or .
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To add a smiley or other icons, touch on the onscreen keyboard.
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5.
Touch .
Tips for sending messages:
To text your best friend with one touch from your home screen, add a task shortcut. Touch & hold and
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drag to your home screen.
To change the text message reply to incoming calls, open the Phone app and touch > Settings >
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Quick responses.
Request text delivery reports
See whether recipients receive your messages by requesting delivery reports.
1.
Open the Messages app.
2.
Touch > Settings > Advanced.
3. If you have dual SIMs, touch the SIM.
4. Turn on Get SMS delivery reports.
Apps : Text messaging
Manage draft texts
When you begin composing a text message reply or a new message with recipients, it is saved in your
message list as a draft until you send or delete it.
1. Open the message list and touch the conversation marked Draft.
2. Do one:
Finish composing the message and touch .
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Delete the characters in the text eld to delete the draft.
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Forward a text message
1.
Open the Messages app.
2. Open the conversation.
3. Touch & hold the message.
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4.
Touch > Forward.
Copy text from a message
1.
Open the Messages app.
2. Open the conversation.
3. Touch & hold the message.
4.
Touch .
You can now paste it elsewhere, like in an email you're composing.
Delete or archive texts
When you delete a message, you also delete any attached photos or videos. If you want the attachments, be
sure to save them before deleting the message.
To delete a single message, open the conversation (thread) and touch & hold the message, then touch .
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To delete or archive all messages in a conversation, touch & hold the conversation, then touch to
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delete or to archive.
To delete or archive multiple conversations, touch & hold each conversation, then touch or .
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To see archived messages, touch > Archived.
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Add attachments
Attach les to text message
You can attach saved pictures and videos, or take one right from your message that has an optimized, reduced
le size.
Apps : Text messaging
1.
Open the Messages app.
2. Compose a reply or a new message.
3. Do one of the following:
Touch & hold to start recording a voice message. When done, lift your nger.
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Touch to attach a photo or video or capture a new one. Touch to expand the viewnder to
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fullscreen, where you can switch to a sele camera or capture a video.
Touch for other types of attachments (emoji, GIF, your location).
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4.
Touch .
To learn more, touch > Help & Feedback in the Messages app.
Send contact as text message
1.
Open the Messages app.
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2. Open your conversation with that person.
3. Touch their name at the top of the conversation.
4.
Touch > Share.
5. Touch the recipient's name, or touch Messages to start a new message.
6.
Touch .
Fix a problem
If you're having trouble attaching les, check that:
Cellular data is turned on.
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Your data plan supports MMS (multimedia messages).
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Save attachments from text message
If you received an attachment to a text message, you can save it on your phone. In the message, just touch &
hold the attachment, then touch to save it.
To view the saved attachment:
For photos or videos, open the Photos app and touch > Device folders > Messages.
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For other attachments, open the Files app.
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If you do not save a photo or video from a message, it is kept within the message only. So, if you delete the
message, you also delete the attachment. (You can try to recover recently deleted messages.)
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Turn group messaging on or o
Group messaging allows conversation participants to reply to all recipients in a single thread. If you do not
want multi-recipient SMS messages converted to MMS and want replies sent in separate threads only to you,
turn o group messaging.
This feature is not available in all countries.
To adjust the group messaging setting:
1.
In the Messages app, touch > Settings > Advanced.
2. Do one of the following:
If you have a single SIM, touch Advanced.
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If your phone allows dual SIMs, touch the SIM you use for text messaging.
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3. Touch Group messaging and select an option.
Change default messaging app
You can download additional messaging apps from Play Store. After you've installed one, you can make it
your default messaging app.
To select a dierent app to send and receive text (SMS) and multimedia (MMS) messages:
1. Go to Settings > Apps & notications.
2. Touch Default apps > SMS app.
Or, touch Advanced > Default apps > SMS app.
3. Touch the app to use.
Control notications for text messages
If you use the Messages app:
1.
Open the Messages app.
2.
Touch > Settings.
3. If you have dual SIMs, touch General.
4. Touch Notications and turn notications on or o, change the sound, and add or remove vibration.
If you use a dierent messaging app:
1. Touch & hold the app's icon.
2.
Touch App info > Notications.
3. Make changes.
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Tip: In your phone settings, you can prevent interruptions by restricting text message notications during
hours you specify or from specic people.
Change text message reply to incoming calls
When your phone rings, you can drag towards to see a list of quick responses you can send by text
message instead of
To edit these quick responses:
1.
Touch .
2.
Touch > Settings.
3. Touch Quick responses.
4. Touch one of the responses to edit it.
answering the call.
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Get text messages on your computer
Set up Messages for web
If you use the Messages app on your phone, you can see and send text messages on your computer.
Pair your computer and the Messages app on your phone by scanning a QR code:
The QR code is unique to that computer.
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You can set up multiple computers, getting individual QR codes, but only one is active at a time.
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To set up a computer:
1. Be sure your phone and computer are connected to the internet.
2.
On your phone, open the Messages app and touch > Messages for web.
3. On your computer, go to https://messages.android.com. To remember this computer and stay signed in
to Messages, turn the slider on .
4. Follow onscreen instructions to scan the QR code on the web page with your phone.
Once paired, you'll see your latest conversations in your computer's browser.
See and send messages
When you have unread messages, you'll see a red notication and number of unread messages in the browser
tab on your computer.
To send messages from your computer, your phone must be on and connected to the internet.
Usual carrier fees for sending text messages from your phone also apply to messages sent from your
computer.
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Sign out of Messages for web
If you don’t use Messages on a paired computer for 14 days, you’re automatically signed out from that
computer for security reasons.
If you're using a shared or public computer, sign out when you're done.
To sign out from your phone:
1.
Open the Messages app.
2.
Touch > Messages for web.
3. Do one of the following:
Touch next to an individual computer to sign out of it.
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Touch Sign out of all computers.
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To sign out from the computer, at the top of the message list, click .
Apps : Email
Read, send, manage emails
Read email
If you've set up email, you’ll start receiving emails after your account syncs with your phone. When you
receive an email
1. To open email from a notication, swipe the status bar down and touch the notication:
A single email notication opens the message directly.
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A multiple email notication opens the email list; touch an email to open it.
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If you dismiss the notication and want to view the email later, open the Gmail app.
2. Do any of the following:
To view other folders, touch from your email list.
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notication, you'll see in the status bar.
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Attachments appear at the end of the email. You can view or save them.
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You can print emails from your phone.
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Reply to or forward an email
1.
Touch to reply to the sender. Or, swipe to the end of the email and touch to reply to all recipients
or to forward.
2. Enter your message.
3.
To copy someone on the email, in the To eld, touch .
4.
Touch .
Send new email
1. Open the Gmail app and touch Compose.
Or, touch & hold , then touch Compose. (If you send lots of emails, add a task shortcut. Drag
Compose to your home screen.)
2. Enter the recipient and your message.
3.
To copy someone on the email, in the To eld, touch .
4.
Touch .
Add attachment to email
1.
In the email you're composing, touch > Attach le.
2. Browse to the le, and touch it to add it to the email. The attachment appears at the bottom of the email.
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Find emails
When you open the Gmail app, you see your Inbox.
To view sent email, drafts, recently deleted email, and other categories, touch .
To search for emails, at the top of your email list enter terms, like the topic or the sender's name.
Delete emails
To delete an open email, touch .
To delete multiple emails, go to your email list, touch & hold each message to delete, then touch .
To delete large quantities of email, sign into your email account on your computer, and see your email
provider's help for more information.
Tips:
To delete attachments that you saved from emails, use the Files app.
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You can also remove email accounts from your phone.
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Learn more
For more help with Gmail, read Google's support information.
For help managing email from other providers, sign into your email account on your computer and look for
the provider's instructions.
View email attachments
View attachments
Attachments appear at the end of an email.
To view or play the attachment, touch it.
If you see a message that you can't open the attachment type, most le types have a free viewer that you can
use. In Play Store, search for the le type, then select and download an app.
Save attachments from email
In the email, touch to download and save it on your phone, or touch to save it in Drive.
To view attachments later, open the Files app (go to Download) or the Drive app.
Delete attachments saved from email
1. Open the Files app.
2. Touch Browse > Downloads.
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3. Do one of the following:
To select one item, touch & hold it.
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To select multiple items, touch & hold the rst one, then touch the others.
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4.
Touch .
Prevent previews of attachments
Attached photos or videos appear as thumbnails, showing a preview.
To see a generic thumbnail instead of a preview thumbnail until you open the le:
1. Open the Gmail app.
2.
Touch > Settings, then touch the account name.
3. Touch Images > Ask before displaying external images.
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Preview inboxes from home screen
To preview your inboxes, open emails, or quickly start a new email, add the Gmail widget to your home
screen.
With the widget, you can:
Open a message. Touch the message.
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Compose a message. Touch .
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View more messages. Scroll down the list.
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Open the app. Touch the folder name at the top of the widget.
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Add email signature
To add a signature automatically to the end of emails you send:
1. Open the Gmail app.
2.
Touch > Settings.
3. Select the account.
4. Touch Mobile Signature and edit the text you want to appear at the end of every email.
Control email notications
You can control whether you see notications when you receive an email.
1.
Touch & hold .
2.
Touch > Notications.
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3. Adjust notication settings.
Tip: To automatically silence notications during hours you specify, use Do Not Disturb.
Apps : Calendar app
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About the calendar
Keep track of upcoming events and get automatic reminders on your phone with your calendar. Google
calendars let you save all your events in one place, which is secure, synced, and accessible from any webenabled device or computer when you've signed in to your account.
You can:
Review existing events.
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Create new events.
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Control notications for events.
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Your calendar can automatically create new events based on your incoming Gmail messages. For example, if
you make restaurant reservations or book a ight, these events will show up automatically on your calendar;
you don't have to add them.
If you created multiple calendars within your Google account, or if you have multiple Google accounts on your
phone, you can control which events are
synced with your phone.
Find calendar events
Open calendar events
You'll see in the status bar to alert you of upcoming events. Just swipe the status bar down and touch the
notication to see the event details in your calendar.
To see your list of upcoming events, open the Calendar app.
Tip: For an overview of your upcoming events from your home screen, add a Calendar widget.
Get around the calendar
To glance at the month view:
1. Touch the month's name.
2. Touch a date to jump to it and see its events.
To change the view:
1.
In your calendar, touch .
2. Touch Schedule, Day, 3 Day, Week or Month. This view remains the default until you change it.
From these views, you can:
Read or edit event details. Touch the event to open it and touch to edit it.
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Add new events. Touch .
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Search your calendar. Touch > Search.
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Create and manage events
Create calendar events
As you're creating an event, you'll see suggestions for the event titles, locations, people, and more. In some
cases, these suggestions are personalized based on information associated with your Google account and
your previously created events.
1.
Open the Calendar app and touch > Event.
2. Touch the account name to associate the event with the calendar you want.
3. Enter the start time and other details.
4. If you want a reminder sent to your status bar, touch Add another notication and select how long
before the event you want a reminder.
5. Touch Save.
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Edit or delete calendar events
1. Touch an event to open it.
2. Do any of the following:
To edit it, touch .
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To delete it, touch > Delete.
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Control which events are shown
To temporarily hide calendar events for a Google account you don't need to see all the time:
1.
Open the Calendar app and touch .
2. Beneath the account name, touch Events. If you have multiple calendars for that account, touch the
name of each calendar to hide its events.
Tip: When you hide events, the calendar still syncs with your Google account. To prevent that
account's calendar from automatically syncing, from the home screen go to Settings > Accounts.
To exclude automatically-generated events created from Gmail (for events such as ight bookings and
restaurant reservations):
1.
Touch > Settings > Events from Gmail.
2. Under the name of the account, turn o Events from Gmail.
To learn more, open Calendar and touch > Help & Feedback.
Control notications for calendar events
1.
Touch & hold the app icon.
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2.
Touch > Notications.
3. Adjust notication settings.
If you have assigned a ringtone for the notication but you silence your phone, your phone won't play the
ringtone.
Tip: To automatically silence notications during hours you specify, use Do Not Disturb.
Apps : Clock app
Set alarms
Set alarm by touch
1. Open the Clock app.
2.
Touch .
3. Adjust alarms:
To create a new alarm, touch .
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To use an existing alarm, switch it on.
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To change an alarm's sound, schedule or label, touch .
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4.
To control general alarm settings, like alarm volume and snooze duration, touch > Settings.
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Set alarm by voice
1.
If you've set up Voice Match, say “OK, Google”. Or, touch on the Google Search widget.
2. When prompted to speak, say your command. For example: “Set alarm for 7:45 p.m., label, switch the
laundry” or “Wake me up at 7 a.m. tomorrow.”
Your phone sets the alarm and provides a conrmation.
When an alarm is set
You'll see in the status bar and on your lock screen.
To adjust it, open quick settings and touch the alarm time.
Delete an alarm
1. Open the Clock app.
2.
Touch
3.
Touch > .
Use timer or stopwatch
Use timers
You can set multiple countdown timers with labels to keep track:
Apps : Clock app
1.
In the Clock app, touch for the Timer tab.
2. Enter the time to count down.
3.
Touch .
4. Do any of the following:
To pause the countdown, touch .
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To add a label to the timer, touch Label (helpful when using multiple timers).
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To add a minute to the countdown, touch + 1:00.
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To reset the counter to the original time, touch > Reset.
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To add a timer, touch Add timer.
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To delete a timer, touch Delete.
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To change the timer's sound, touch > Settings > Timer sound.
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If you leave this app, quickly return to it by swiping the status bar down with one nger to see the
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timer notication and remaining time. To open the timer, touch the notication.
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Tip: If you use timers frequently, create a task shortcut. Touch & hold , then drag Create new timer to
your home screen.
Use a stopwatch
Record your time and share your results.
1.
In the Clock app, touch for the Stopwatch tab.
2.
Touch .
3. Do any of the following:
To pause the stopwatch, touch .
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To record laps (or multiple durations) while the stopwatch is running, touch Lap.
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To reset the counter to zero, touch > Reset.
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To share your times with others or send them to yourself, touch > Share.
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If you leave this app, quickly return to it by swiping the status bar down with one nger and touching
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a control. To open the stopwatch, touch the notication.
Tip: If you use stopwatches frequently, create a task shortcut. Touch & hold , then drag Start
stopwatch to your home screen.
Apps : Clock app
Set date and time
Change time format
1. Go to Settings > System > Date & time.
2. To change how times are displayed:
To use military time such as 13:00, turn Use locale default o and turn Use 24-hour format on
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To use the time format of your current location, turn Use locale default on .
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To use 12-hour format, turn both Use locale default and Use 24-hour format o .
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Set date and time automatically
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1. Go to Settings > System > Date & time.
2. Turn on Use network-provided time and Use network-provided time zone.
Your phone automatically syncs with the local time (using the mobile network). The local time is used for
alarms and is displayed on the lock screen and other displays.
Set date and time manually
1. Go to Settings > System > Date & time.
2. Turn o Use network-provided time.
3. To make corrections, touch Date and Time.
Switch time zones
1. Go to Settings > Date & time.
2. Turn o Use network-provided time zone.
3. Touch Time zone. Then choose a regional time zone (which is applied to the current time).
Show multiple time zones
You can view multiple time zones in the Clock app, so you can coordinate plans with friends and co-workers in
other cities, or stay in touch with family back home when you’re traveling.
1.
Open the Clock app and touch .
2.
To add time zones, touch , then select cities in the time zone you want to view.
Show home time zone
When traveling, you can view your home time zone in the Clock app.
1.
Open the Clock app and touch .
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2.
Touch > Settings > Automatic home clock.
3. Touch Home time zone, then select your home time zone.
Apps : Photos app
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Share photos and videos
You can wirelessly share one, multiple, or all items from any Photos view, sending them as email or message
attachments, uploading to the cloud, or using device-to-device connections like Bluetooth.
In addition to sharing wirelessly, you can transfer photos to your computer with a USB connection. You can
also move photos from internal memory to SD card.
To share wirelessly:
1.
Open the Photos app.
2. Navigate to the thumbnail of the item you want to share.
3. Select the item to share:
To select one item, touch & hold its thumbnail.
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To select multiple items, touch & hold the rst thumbnail, then touch the others to select them.
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Tip: To clear all selections, touch at the top of the screen next to the number selected.
4.
Touch and select the way you want to share.
Upload photos and videos
Back up automatically
1.
Open the Photos app.
2.
Touch your prole icon > Turn on backup.
3. Select back up and sync settings and touch Conrm.
You can change these settings any time.
Adjust back up settings
1.
Open the Photos app.
2.
Touch your prole icon > Photos settings > Back up & sync.
3. Adjust settings as needed:
To choose high quality or original size for uploads, touch Upload size.
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To back up items in your Download, Screenshots, and third-party app folders, touch Back up device
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folders.
To back up items over your cellular network, touch Cell data usage, then adjust options for photos,
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videos, and roaming.
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Back up manually
1.
Open the Photos app.
2. Open the photo or video.
3.
On the photo or video, touch .
View your backed up photos and videos
From your phone, open the Photos app.
From your computer, sign in to photos.google.com.
More help
To learn more, read Google's help.
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