Motorola Moto G71 User guide

User Guide

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Certain features, services and applications are network dependent and may not be available in all areas; additional terms, conditions and/or charges may apply. Contact your service provider for details.

All features, functionality, and other product specifications, as well as the information contained in this help content, are based upon the latest available information and believed to be accurate at the time of release. Motorola reserves the right to change or modify any information or specifications without notice or obligation.

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Set up phone 1

About your hardware 1 Insert or remove SIM card 3 Copy data from old phone 4 Manage dual SIMs 6 Set up voicemail 7 Set up email 8 Prepare for emergencies 9 Make it yours 10

Learn the basics 12

About your home screen 12 About your lock screen 13

New to Android? 15

If this is your first smartphone 15 If you had an iPhone 16 About your Google account 17 Status bar icons 18 Phone terms you should know 22

Get around on your phone 24

Learn gestures 24 Move between apps and screens 25 Use quick settings 26 Turn screen off and on 29

Capture your screen 31

Take screenshots 31 Record your screen 32 Create GIFs 34

Discover useful tools 35

Turn flashlight on and off 35 Control phone with your voice 35 Get directions to a location 36 Use clock and weather widget 37 Manage time spent on your phone 39

Work with text 42

Use onscreen keyboard 42 Cut, copy, paste text 43 Use voice typing 44 Fill in forms automatically 44

Personalize your phone 45

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Home screen 45

Change wallpaper 45 Customize the app tray 45 Customize your Favorites tray 46 Use widgets, shortcuts, or folders 46 Adjust other home settings 50 Remake your home screen with launchers 51

Lock screen 52

Use a screen saver 52

Use apps 53

About your apps 53 View two apps on screen 58 View notifications 59 About Moto experiences 61 Focus on gaming 62

Manage your apps 66

Install or update apps 66 Manage or delete apps 68 Protect against harmful apps 70

Search and browse 72

Search the web 72 Search your phone 73 Browse websites 74

Text messaging 76

About text and multimedia messages 76 Read, send, manage text messages 76 Add attachments 79 Save attachments from text message 80 Turn group messaging on or off 80 Change default messaging app 80 Control notifications for text messages 80 Change text message reply to incoming calls 81 Get text messages on your computer 81

Email 83

Read, send, manage emails 83 View email attachments 84 Preview inboxes from home screen 85 Add email signature 85 Control email notifications 85

Calendar app 87

About the calendar 87

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Find calendar events 87 Create and manage events 88 Control notifications for calendar events 88

Clock app 90

Set alarms 90 Use timer or stopwatch 90 Set date and time 91

Photos app 93

Share photos and videos 93 Upload photos and videos 93

Contacts, calls, voicemail 95

Contacts 95

Add contacts 95 Edit or delete contacts 96 Star your favorite contacts 97 Sort contacts 97 Share contacts 98

Phone calls 99

Answer calls 99 Make calls 100 During a call 102 Make video calls 103 Make conference calls 103 Make calls over Wi-Fi 103 Block calls and texts 104 Turn call waiting on and off 106 View and delete call history 106 Make emergency call from locked phone 108

Voicemail 109

Use voicemail 109 Send all calls from contact to voicemail 110

Music 111

Listen to radio 111 Listen to music 112 Transfer music files 113 Connect a MIDI device 114

Settings 115

Network and internet 115

Connect to Wi‑Fi networks 115 Use Airplane mode 116

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Control data usage 116 Share your internet connection 118 Connect to VPNs 121

Connected devices 122

Connect with Bluetooth 122 Connect with Wi-Fi Direct 124 Make contactless payments 124 Share or receive with NFC 125 Share files and links with nearby Android phones 126 Transfer files between phone and computer (USB) 127 Cast screen or media to TV 129 Print from your phone 131 About wireless sharing 131

Apps & notifications 135

Change app settings 135 View notification history 136 Choose how apps notify you 136

Battery 140

Charge phone 140 Extend battery life 140 Prevent overcharging 142 Use Battery Saver mode 142 Show battery percentage in status bar 143

Storage 144

About storage options 144 Manage phone storage 144 Find downloaded files 145 Recover recently deleted files 146 Upload music to cloud 146 Upload photos and videos 146 Scan documents and make copies 147

Sound & vibration 149

Adjust volumes 149 Set ringtones 151 Enhance sound 152 Avoid interruptions with Do Not Disturb 153 Stop phone from speaking 156 Silence “Hello Moto” during power up 156 Turn off charging sounds 156

Display 157

Adjust screen brightness 157 Use Dark theme 157

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Adjust colors at night 157 Change display style 158 Show apps full screen 159 See Peek Display notifications 159 Change screen timeout 161 Stop automatic rotation 162 Choose color mode 162 Change font and display size 162 Set recording options 163 Set lock screen preferences 163

Accessibility 165

Visual assistance 165 Hearing assistance 167 Use accessibility shortcuts 169

Security 171

About security 171 Protect against harmful apps 172 Be ready to find a lost phone 172

Lock and unlock phone 173

Set screen lock 173 Adjust lock options 174 Unlock with trusted devices 175 Unlock with your face 176 Unlock at trusted places 177 Keep phone unlocked while it's on you 178

Use fingerprint security 178 Pin an app screen 180 Lock SIM card 181

Location 182

Use location services 182

Accounts 184

Add or remove accounts 184 Change name & info in your Google account 185 Sync apps with your Google account 185 Control what info Google collects 186

System 188

Languages & input 188

Customize the keyboard 188

Use multiple languages 189 Open apps faster 190

Gestures 191

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Open camera with Power button 191

Change System navigation 191

Swipe fingerprint for notifications 191

Turn flashlight on and off 191

Twist phone to open camera 192

Adjust screenshot settings 192 Back up phone 193

Users and guests 194

Share your phone 194

Add, modify, remove users 195

Add or delete guest 196

About phone 197

Record your IMEI number 197 Find legal and product information 197

Fix issues 198

Hardware issues 198

Phone is slow or unstable 198 Phone feels warm or hot 198 Phone won't turn on 199 Phone restarts or crashes 199 Screen is frozen or won't respond 200 Screen displays wrong colors 201

Call and SIM issues 202

Problems making/receiving calls 202 Problems during calls 203

Battery issues 206

Charging problems 206 Battery drains too fast 207

Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB issues 208

Bluetooth problems 208 Wi-Fi problems 210 Can't transfer files or connect to computer 211

Account and sign-in issues 213

Forgot unlock code 213 Can't sign in to Google 213 Account sync issues 213

App issues 215

App or widget problems 215 Camera problems 216 Messaging problems 217

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Gmail problems 218 Play Store problems 219

Maintenance procedures 220

Update Android software 220 Reset Wi-Fi, cellular data, and Bluetooth 220 Reset phone 221 Get more help 222

Set up phone 1

About your hardware

Hardware diagram

1. Tray for SIM card

2. Earpiece

3. Front camera (Learn more in Camera help.)

4. Microphone

5. Proximity sensor

6. Google Assistant button

7. Volume up/down button

8. Power button

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1. Macro camera

2. Main camera

3. Ultra-wide and depth camera

4. Flash

5. NFC touchpoint for sharing content or paying with your phone

6. Fingerprint sensor

7. Headset jack

8. USB-C port for charging, transferring files, sharing connection with tethered devices.

9. 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 off 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.

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Insert or remove SIM card

Insert or replace cards

1. Insert the tool into the hole in the tray and gently push to pop it out.

2. Insert or remove the cards as needed.

To use one 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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3. Push the tray back into the phone.

If you inserted two SIMs, you'll receive a notification to set them up. Swipe the notification down and touch it to manage dual SIMs. If you see , troubleshoot the issue.

Note: If you need to activate a SIM, contact your carrier.

Fix a problem

If you’re having problems, try these troubleshooting steps.

Copy data from old phone

Copy data from iPhone

You’ll use Google Drive to copy files 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, on your iPhone:

Turn off iMessage. (Settings > Messages > off. Or, if your SIM has been removed, deregister

your phone.)

Turn off FaceTime. (Settings > FaceTime > off.)

3. Download the Google Drive app on your iPhone.

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.

Touch > Settings > Backup & reset and start the backup.

5. Wait for the backup to complete.

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6. When complete, on your new phone, sign in with the same Google account (Settings > Accounts > Add

account).

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 files using a backup from the cloud with your Google account.

To copy files:

1. Charge both phones and turn them on.

2. On your new phone:

a. If this is the first time you’ve turned it on, select your language on the setup screen.

b. If you skipped copying files 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. 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 files

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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.

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.

Open the Contacts app.

Touch your profile icon > > Import, then select the SIM and touch OK.

4. If you have multiple Google accounts, choose the account where you want to save them.

5. Select the contacts to import and touch Import.

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 SIM profile

Set SIM options based on how you expect to use the cards:

1. Go to Settings > Network & internet > SIM cards.

2. Select the option that best meets your needs:

Smart SIM: Automatically select SIM for voice calls based on your call history. In Brazil, selection is

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also based on your contact's carrier.

Personal and Work: Use one SIM for personal and the other for work-related voice calls.

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Manual: Choose which SIM to use for voice calls, for data, and for SMS.

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3. Follow onscreen instructions to complete setup.

Change SIM profile

1. Go to Settings > Network & internet > SIM cards.

2. Touch Dual SIM usage profile.

3. Select a different profile and touch CHANGE PROFILE.

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4. Select a new profile.

5. Follow onscreen instructions to complete setup.

To keep the same profile but adjust options for data, SMS, voice calls, video calls, or contacts:

1. Go to Settings > Network & internet > SIM cards.

2. Touch each preferred SIM and contact option to change.

This information applies only to phones that support dual SIM cards and have both cards inserted.

Change SIM name, color, ringtone

When two SIMs are inserted, you'll see them referenced in apps like Contacts, Messages, and Phone. The SIM name shows your carrier and, if you're using the Personal and Work profile, shows which it’s assigned to. You can rename the SIMs. You can also change SIM icon color to make them easy to differentiate.

1. Go to Settings > Network & internet > SIM cards.

2. Touch the SIM to change.

3. Change settings as needed.

Set up voicemail

Set voicemail password

Contact your carrier for help setting or recovering your password/PIN for voicemail.

Set mailbox greeting

Your carrier provides and manages your voicemail.

To set your greeting:

Touch > .

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

Touch > > Settings.

(If you don't see , swipe down on the screen.)

2. Touch Voicemail.

3. If you have two SIM cards, touch the SIM for the account to change.

4. Touch Advanced Settings.

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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 first time, you'll see your email for that account. You're already

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set up.

To set up additional accounts, open Gmail, touch your profile icon , then touch Add another

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account.

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.

Set up corporate email

If you use Microsoft Office 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 certificate requirement

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To set up corporate email:

1. Open the Gmail app.

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2. Do one of the following:

If this is your first 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 profile icon , then touch Add

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another account.

3. Touch Exchange and Office 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 profile icon , then select an account.

To open each inbox with one touch from your home screen, add task shortcuts:

Touch & hold .

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 first 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.

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 call 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 finds your phone:

1. Go to Settings > Display > Advanced > Lock screen.

2. Touch Add text on lock screen.

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3. Type the text to display and touch Save.

Tip: Don't put your mobile number as contact info on your lock screen 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 off 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 off, 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 off:

1. Go to Settings > Location > Advanced.

2. Touch Emergency Location Service.

Turn it on or off .

To learn more about ELS, read Google's help.

Turn emergency alerts off/on

Your phone can receive free alerts to inform you of public safety messages, threats to life and property (like extreme weather), and other emergencies.

When an emergency alert is sent out, appears in the status bar. Touch the notification to read the alert.

You can turn most alerts off or on and adjust alert notification settings.

Note: Because alerts are intended to save lives, please consider carefully before turning alerts off.

1. Go to Settings.

2. Touch Apps & notifications > Advanced > Wireless emergency alerts.

3. Adjust settings as needed.

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.

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 fingerprint 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 or swipe up from the bottom of the screen.

Swipe right or left to move between home screens.

What’s on the 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 notifications 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.

App tray: Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to see the list of all your apps. If you don’t see this,

add the app tray.

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.

Add/remove screens

You can add more home screens to the right. To add a page, drag an app shortcut or widget to the edge of an existing page and place it on the new screen.

To remove a home screen, drag all apps, shortcuts, widgets, and folders off the screen. After you remove the last item, the home screen will be removed.

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Customize your home screen

Organize it

Drag an item to move it to another place on the home screen.

Add apps and folders as needed.

Change how you get around

You can replace the navigation bar with the navigation icons.

You can choose where to find your list of all apps: in the app tray or directly on the home screen.

Change how it looks

Touch & hold a blank space on the home screen to see options for customizing: wallpaper, styles, widgets, and other home settings.

If you want an entirely new look and feel for your home screen, you can use a different launcher.

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 notifications 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 notifications. Double touch one to open it.

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Open quick settings. Swipe down from top of screen.

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Start a voice command. Swipe up diagonally from either bottom corner.

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Go into Lockdown. Temporarily turn off notifications and fingerprint unlocking.

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You can customize your lock screen to add a message and control which notifications appear.

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If this is your first 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 stuff 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 notifications for things like new messages, calendar events, and

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upcoming alarms. You’ll find notifications 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 flashlight on/off.

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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 first 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 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 first 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-specific settings. Be sure to see what options are available to you there, too.

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 find 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 off course. Tell it to set alarms, find information on the web, make calls.

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.

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 differences between your old iPhone and your new phone.

Your assistant: You've retired Siri. Now, find 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 effort. Just download the Android version from Play Store and log in.

Continue listening to podcasts. You can listen with the Podcasts app. Or, there are lots of podcast apps

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on Play Store - search for “podcast” in Play Store and download one of your choice.

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:

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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, find 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.

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 Calendar and Drive that let you work well with others. And it has apps that let you play too - access your photos, videos, music from any device when you log in with your Google account. Use YT Music to upload your iTunes library.

File sharing: If you used AirDrop on your iPhone, now you'll use Nearby Share to easily share files or links

with friends.

About your Google account

Benefits 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 files 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 stuff 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 benefits 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.

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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.

Microphone muted.

NETWORK

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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 3G, H, H+, 4G,

5G. Available speeds depend on your carrier and your location.

Poor connection to cellular/mobile network.

Connected to different 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.

Your phone is a Wi‑Fi hotspot. Devices can connect to share your data connection.

Wireless display or adaptor connected.

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Connected by USB cable.

USB tethering enabled.

NFC enabled. Only some versions of this phone, sold in certain countries, support this feature.

SYNC AND UPDATES

App updates are available for download 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.

BATTERY

Battery fully charged.

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Battery charging.

Battery low.

Overcharge protection is limiting battery to 80%.

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.

Animated GIF is available.

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Screen recording in process.

Focus mode is on.

Apps that you download might show other icons to alert you about their status.

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

This mode allows you to use your phone's non-wireless functions (music, games, etc.), while disabling its wireless radio functions that are banned on airplanes during flight.

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 different 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 coffee.

mobile hotspot

A device or app that lets you share your mobile data connection with multiple devices via Wi‑Fi. You can connect different 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.

NFC

Near-field communication. A wireless technology that transfers information between two compatible devices. Tap the devices together to share web addresses, contact info, apps, GPS locations and more.

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notification

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.

shortcut

An icon you can add to your home screen that lets you quickly open an app. Create shortcuts 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 fixes 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 offer 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/off, to perform everyday tasks like screenshots or turning on the flashlight.

Touch, drag, swipe, zoom

Gesture Description

Touch

Touch & hold

Drag

Swipe

Press with one finger and lift.

Result: Open something (app or email) or choose something (checkbox, icon).

Press and wait before lifting one finger.

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 finger until you reach the target position.

Result: Move elements on the screen; for example, change a toggle from on to off

Try it: Drag an app shortcut from one spot on your home screen to another.

Quickly move one finger across the screen, without pausing when you first 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 different directions (up, down, left/right) for different 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 fingers on the screen and then drag them apart.

Result: Zoom in to see larger version of photos and maps. Or, open expandable notifications.

Try it: Open a photo and pinch out to zoom in on an area.

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Tip: If you have visual impairments, you can enable additional magnification

gestures.

Pinch in to zoom

Put two fingers on the screen, far apart, and then drag them together.

Result: Zoom out to see smaller version of photos or maps. Or, close expandable notifications.

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 Gesture to use

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.

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Use 3-button navigation

Use these icons to move between screens and apps if you chose 3-button navigation.

takes you back one screen.

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 Bluetooth, are “quick settings”, easy to get to from any screen.

To see your first 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 off .

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Touch & hold an icon to adjust related settings.

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Icon Setting

Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

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Do Not Disturb

Flashlight

Wi-Fi calling

Dolby Atmos

Auto-rotate

GIF maker

Battery Saver

Mobile data

Airplane mode

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Screen Cast

Screen Record

Nearby Share

Data Saver. Appears after you turn on Data Saver the first time.

Night Light.

Bedtime mode

NFC

System update

Wi-Fi hotspot. Appears after you turn on hotspot the first time.

You can also slide to adjust screen brightness.

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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 find what you need quickly. Just touch at the top of the app and type your search term.

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.

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 off and on

Why your screen turns off automatically

To save battery power, your screen turns off 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 off.

When you bring the phone to your face to speak into it during calls, the screen turns off 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 off 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 fingerprint 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 off:

Press the Power button. When you set down your phone, it's good habit to do this. You prevent

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accidental touches, save a bit of battery, and keep it secure with the screen lock.

To keep your screen off and phone quiet when you don't want interruptions, like at night, use Do Not

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Disturb settings.

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When your screen is off, battery-friendly Peek Display notifications fade in and out, showing only notifications delivered since the screen was last on.

Learn the basics : Capture your screen

Take screenshots

Take a screenshot

1. Do one of the following:

Touch & hold three fingers on the screen. (If this doesn't work, turn Three finger screenshot on.)

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Drag from the bottom of the screen and hold to see recent apps, then touch Screenshot.

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Press & hold Power and Volume Down simultaneously until the screen is captured.

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To scroll and capture more content, touch .

To stop scrolling before the end of the page, touch STOP or .

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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notification.

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If you touched , use these icons to edit:

Icon Meaning

Crop. To switch between standard, circular, or freeform, touch again.

Draw. To change color or thickness, touch again.

Highlight. To change color or thickness, touch again.

Insert a text box. Touch the icons to change the background and text color.

Blur with mosaic effect. Swipe over the area to blur.

Undo change.

Redo change.

Close without saving.

Save.

Find screenshots later

Open the Photos app and touch Library > Screenshots.

Record your screen

You can record a video of your screen while you’re using it. You can choose to include your audio or a selfie video when recording.

Record screen

1. If you want the recording to show when you touch screen elements, turn Record touch points on.

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2. To start recording:

Open quick settings and touch .

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If you're playing a game and Moto Gametime is on, touch > .

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3. Touch Start to open the recorder and see a 3-second countdown before recording.

Tip: To adjust options before recording, touch the countdown timer and make changes. Touch to restart the countdown.

4. Make your recording. While recording:

To draw on the screen, touch and then touch to enable the pen. To change color, touch .

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To adjust recording options, touch and then touch . To restart recording, touch .

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You can drag the recorder to reposition it.

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You’ll see a timer next to and in the status bar.

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5. To stop recording:

Touch on the recorder.

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Or, swipe down from the top of the screen, then touch the red notification.

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Adjust recording options

Sound

You can mute or record your phone's sound, and you can include your own narration.

To adjust sound, touch the current setting and change it.

Icon Meaning

Mute

Record your narration using the microphone

Record only your phone's sound

Record both your narration and your phone's sound

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Video

To include a selfie video in the corner, touch .

To turn the selfie video off, touch .

Other options

You can adjust more options, like frames per second or screen touches, in phone Settings. Learn more.

View recordings

To view a recording immediately after you capture it, swipe down from the top of the screen and touch the

notification.

To view any time, open the Photos, Files, or other media viewing app, and look for the Screen record folder.

Create GIFs

You can make an animated GIF from a video on your screen.

Record a GIF

1. Open the video in the Photos, Files, or other media viewing app, and pause the video where you want to start the GIF.

Open quick settings and touch GIF maker.

3. Touch Start.

4. Adjust the GIF's frame over the video:

To reposition the frame, drag .

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To change dimensions, drag the corners or sides.

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To close, touch .

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To start recording touch .

You can capture up to 15 seconds. To stop recording before that, touch .

View your GIF

To view immediately, touch the notification.

To view any time, open the Photos, Files, or other media viewing app, and look for the Screenshots folder.

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Turn flashlight on and off

To turn your flashlight on or off:

1. Open quick settings.

Touch .

Or, make a chopping motion to turn the flashlight on or off.

If the camera opens instead of turning on the flashlight, 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 flashlight and turn it on or off.

Control phone with your voice

Speak a command

Not all languages support voice commands.

Tell your phone to call people, get directions, send messages, set alarms. The possibilities are enormous.

1. Get your assistant's attention by doing any of these:

Press the Google Assistant button.

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For hands-free control, say “Hey Google” or “OK Google”, if you've taught it to recognize your

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voice.

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”.

To silence Google Assistant when it's talking to you, touch .

Google Assistant will stop listening after a few seconds.

Teach Google Assistant to recognize your voice

Open the Google app, then touch your profile icon > Settings > Voice > Voice Match.

2. Turn on Hey Google and follow the onscreen instructions to record your voice.

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Fix a problem

If Google Assistant isn't recognizing your voice:

1. Is Battery Saver on?

If it's on, you need to get your assistant's attention by touch instead of voice, or turn off Battery Saver.

If it's off, then follow the remaining steps.

2. Open the Google app.

Touch your profile icon > Settings > Voice.

4. Touch Voice Match > Voice model.

5. Touch Retrain voice model.

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).

Use voice commands to get directions

1. Press the Google Assistant button.

2. 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:

Touch & hold .

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.

2. Touch Widgets.

3. Under Moto Widget, touch & hold Beyond (or Classic or Clean), then drag it to your home screen.

Set or delete alarms

1. Touch the time.

2. Adjust alarms:

To add a new alarm, touch and set the time and ringtone.

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To use an existing alarm, switch it on . Touch to view or edit its ringtone.

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To delete an alarm, touch next to it, then touch .

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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

Display current conditions for your location or for a city you select.

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.

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 different city's weather shown on the widget, select its button from the list of locations.

Remove location

1. Touch the temperature.

Touch .

Touch next to the city's name.

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 notifications

The Moto Widget widget sends notifications about weather conditions that need special attention.

To turn notifications on or off:

1. Touch the temperature.

Touch .

3. Turn Weather alert notifications on or off.

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:

On the widget, touch until you see , then touch it.

Turn Google Fit on or off .

3. If this is your first time using Fit, follow the onscreen instructions to set up your profile.

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Manage time spent on your phone

Set up Digital Wellbeing

You can get info about how you spend time on your phone, like how often you unlock it and how long you use each app. Then use that info to improve your digital habits.

The first time you use this feature:

1. Go to Settings > Digital Wellbeing & parental controls.

2. Touch Show your data.

3. If you want to find this feature as an app, rather than opening Settings, turn on Show icon in the app

list.

Understand your habits

1. Go to Settings > Digital Wellbeing & parental controls.

2. 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 notifications you’ve gotten

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3. For more information, touch a label on the chart. For example, to see your screen time for the week, touch today’s usage time.

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 & notifications > Screen time.

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.

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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.

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 notifications 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 off:

Open quick settings and touch .

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Or, on the notification, touch Turn off now. (To turn it off 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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Next to Schedule, touch .

Tip: To mute sounds, stop vibration, and block notifications for all calls and notifications, 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 filters 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.

Learn the basics : Work with text

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 different keyboard, touch .

Type special characters

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 off.

To change capitalization of a word you've already typed:

1. Select the word.

Touch until you see the capitalization you want: first 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 finger 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 finger over the letters in the word.

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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 finger 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 off.

Spell check and auto correct

Misspelled words are automatically corrected as you type.

To prevent that word from being auto-corrected again, add it to your dictionary by touching the word in the list of suggestions above the keys.

If auto-correction is turned off, 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.

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

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Translate app.)

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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

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previous 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.

Use voice typing

1. Touch a text field to show the onscreen keyboard.

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, fill in passwords, addresses, credit cards, and other information saved to your Google account.

To set it up:

1. Go to Settings > Privacy > Advanced > Autofill service from Google.

Or, Settings > System > Languages & input > Advanced > Autofill service > .

2. Touch CONTINUE.

3. Touch categories to review and edit personal information, addresses, credit cards, and passwords.

Personalize your phone : Home screen

Change wallpaper

You can change the background image on your home screen or lock screen.

Set the wallpaper

1. Touch & hold a blank area on your home screen, then touch Wallpapers.

2. Touch a wallpaper or photo to use.

Touch or 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 or interactive wallpaper

If your battery is low, temporarily change wallpaper to a static image to save power.

Create a stylized wallpaper

You can stylize your photos with AI visual effects and use them as wallpaper.

1. Touch & hold hold a blank area on your home screen, then touch Wallpapers > Stylize.

2. Select an image.

3. Select a style to apply to the image.

Touch Set wallpaper > .

Customize the app tray

Choose where to find apps: app tray or home screen

The app tray holds all of your installed apps. Swipe up from the bottom of the home screen to open the

tray. This simplifies your home screen, showing only apps you choose.

To see all apps on your home screen instead, you can remove the app tray.

You can switch at any time.

1. Touch & hold a blank space on your home screen.

2. Touch Home settings > Home screen style and then:

To see all apps on your home screen, touch Open.

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To see all apps in the app tray, touch App tray.

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Touch to see more customizations, described below.

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If you’re using the app tray

You can make these customizations in Home settings:

Turn on/off suggested apps at the top of the list and bottom of the home screen.

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If you don’t want the app’s icon added to your home screen when you install a new app, turn Add app

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icons to Home screen off . The icon is only added to the app tray.

If you put all apps on the home screen

You can customize how app icons are arranged:

To be able to position icons anywhere on the home screen, touch Free arrangements.

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To have icons move automatically to fill empty spaces, touch Auto fill.

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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.

Fix a problem

If your favorites tray icons are being replaced automatically by icons you haven't selected, turn off app

suggestions.

Use 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.

Add a widget

1. Touch & hold the home screen.

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2. Touch Widgets.

Widgets are listed under their related apps.

3. Touch & hold a widget to add it.

Adjust widget's size

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 tray.

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.

Add task shortcuts

Many apps 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 Task shortcuts

Compose new email

Gmail

Maps

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Open to specific account

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Navigate to Work

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Navigate to Home

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YouTube

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Subscriptions

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Explore

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New incognito tab

Chrome

Calendar

Messages

Clock

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New tab

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New reminder

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New event

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New task

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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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Bluetooth

Settings

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Battery

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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.

Touch > Add to Home screen.

4. Edit the name if desired.

5. Touch Add.

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. You can create folders on your home screen or in your app tray.

Home screen folders

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To create a folder on your home screen:

1. Touch & hold an app shortcut on your home screen.

2. Drag it onto another to group them together, then release when you see a frame around them.

3. To name the folder, touch to open it, touch Edit Name, and type a new name.

To add apps to the folder:

1. Touch & hold the app's icon.

2. Drag it onto the folder.

To remove apps from the folder:

1. Open the home screen folder.

2. Drag the app's icon onto the home screen, or drag it up and drop it on Remove.

App tray folders

To create a folder in your app tray:

1. Open the app tray.

Touch > Create folder.

3. Type the folder's name.

4. Touch app icons to select what to put in the folder.

5. Touch Done.

To change apps in the folder:

1. Touch & hold the folder.

2. Touch Edit.

3. Touch app icons to add or remove them.

To add one app to the folder:

1. Touch & hold the app's icon.

Touch .

3. Select the folder.

To remove one app from the folder:

1. Open the folder.

2. Touch & hold the app's icon.

Touch .

Remove widgets, shortcuts, or folders

To remove items from your home screen:

1. Touch & hold it until it vibrates.

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2. Drag it to Remove.

For app tray folders, touch Delete.

App icons on the home screen are shortcuts to installed apps found in the app tray. Removing an app shortcut from the home screen doesn't uninstall the app. Learn how to uninstall apps.

To select a totally new user interface for your home screen, download a different launcher.

Adjust other home settings

Remove Google feed

When you swipe to the farthest-left home screen, you’ll see the Google news feed. To remove it:

1. Touch & hold a blank space on your home screen.

2. Touch Home settings.

3. Touch Swipe Access > Nothing.

To add the feed back again, change Swipe Access to Google feed.

Adjust icon size and names

You can make the app icons on your home screen and in the app tray larger or smaller. You can also remove or expand the names below the icon.

1. Touch & hold a blank space on your home screen.

2. Touch Home settings.

3. Adjust settings:

To make the icons smaller or larger, touch Icon size and move the slider to choose a size.

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To remove the names below the icons, touch App label > Don't show.

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To restore the names below the icons, touch App label > 2 rows (full names) or 1 row (short

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names).

Show or hide notification dots

You can control whether app icons show dots to alert you about unread notifications.

1. Touch & hold a blank space on your home screen.

2. Touch Home settings.

3. Touch Notification dots.

Turn Notification dot on app icon on or off .

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Allow or prevent home screen rotation

In quick settings, when you turn Auto-rotate on, apps rotate when you turn your phone. If desired, you can keep your home screen from rotating while other apps auto-rotate:

1. Touch & hold a blank space on your home screen.

2. Touch Home settings.

Turn Allow Home screen rotation on or off .

Remake your home screen with launchers

About launchers

A launcher app defines what your home screen looks like and how you organize and interact with all of your apps. The launcher that came with your phone puts the Google search widget and a clock widget on the home screen. See what that home screen looks like and how you can customize it.

If you want to totally change the look and feel of your home screen, you’ll need to download a new launcher and update settings to use that launcher. Launchers frequently include new sets of wallpapers, new gestures for interacting with your phone, and customizable elements for your home screen.

You can switch back to the original launcher and its home screen at any time.

Get different launcher

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.

Switch between launchers

1. Go to Settings > Apps & notifications.

2. Touch Default apps > Home app.

Or, touch Advanced > Default apps > Home app.

3. Select the launcher you want to use.

To switch back to the standard home screen, select Moto App Launcher.

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 off 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

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screen 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 off.

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 fingerprint 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 off 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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About your apps

Open an app

Swipe up from the bottom of your home screen to open the app tray, 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.

Dolby Atmos Optimize and adjust audio for your phone’s speaker and any connected

listening device.

Drive Store and synchronize your files 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 files and folders stored on your phone.

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.

Games Find tools & settings to help you focus on gaming.

Gmail Compose, send, view, or search your email from your phone or computer.

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Google Search the web, see your updates, and adjust Google settings, including

privacy.

Google One Get expanded storage, Google support, and other member benefits with a

paid subscription.

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.

Interactive wallpapers

Maps Find your destination, explore locations.

Messages Send and receive text messages.

Moto Select available gestures for phone shortcuts and control notifications.

Provides access to Motorola's interactive wallpapers, hosted on the cloud so they don't take up space on your phone until you download them.

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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.

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.

TikTok Watch short-form videos. Create your own videos, and apply filters or effects

to express yourself.

YouTube Find, view, and upload videos to the web.

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YT Music Stream your favorite albums, singles, and live performances, and get

recommendations for new music.

Get more apps

You can download free and paid apps from Play Store.

Tip: Swipe up from the bottom of the home screen and touch Search apps. Type the missing app's name to go to Play Store and install with one touch.

Get help for an app

1. Open the app.

Touch or .

3. Look for Help or Settings > Help.

Switch between apps

1. Drag up from the bottom of the home screen, hold, then let go.

2. In your list of recent apps:

Swipe left or right to see more apps.

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Touch any app screen to return to it.

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Swipe an app screen 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.

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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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You can organize apps into folders on your home screen and in your app tray.

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Want to turn the flashlight on or off? Use quick settings. No app required.

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If you’re having problems with an app, try these troubleshooting steps.

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View two apps on screen

Use split screen view

1. Open the first app.

2. Drag up from the bottom of the home screen, hold, then release.

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.

Touch Split screen.

5. Select the second app to use.

Use a gesture to split the screen

To set it up:

1. Go to Settings > System > Gestures.

Or, open the Moto app and touch > Gestures.

Touch Swipe to split and turn it on .

To use it:

1. In the first app you want to view in split screen, swipe once back and forth across the screen.

2. Select the second app to use.

Exit split screen view

Drag the black divider all the way up or down.

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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, go to the home screen or app you want to use.

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 off Picture-in-picture for the app in use, touch it, then touch and turn Allow picture-in-

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picture off .

To see all apps that support Picture-in-picture:

1. Go to Settings > Apps & notifications.

2. Touch Advanced > Special app access > Picture-in-picture.

To turn off Picture-in-picture for an app, touch it and turn Allow picture-in-picture off .

View notifications

Find your notifications

Apps send notifications to alert you about things like new messages, calendar events, and alarms.

You can check your notifications 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 notifications from an app, they're bundled together. Swipe down to view more details. Conversation notifications are bundled together at the top of your other notifications so you can easily return to them any time.

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Some important notifications pop up briefly over your current app so that you can take action. For example, a notification 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 notification dot, you can touch & hold it to see the most recent notification:

Swipe fingerprint for notifications

You can set the fingerprint sensor to open your notifications and quick settings when you swipe it.

Set it up

1. Go to Settings > System > Gestures.

Touch Swipe fingerprint for notifications and turn it on .

Use it

Swipe down on the fingerprint sensor:

Swipe once to view notifications.

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Swipe again to view quick settings.

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What you can do with notifications

Respond from a notification

Many notifications include actions at the bottom that let you complete common tasks without opening the full app. If you have several notifications, these actions are hidden. When you see , touch it to reveal

actions.

Open the app that sent the notification

Swipe down from the top of the screen and touch the notification to open the app. From your lock screen, touch the notification twice and enter your PIN, pattern, or password to unlock your screen and open the app.

Snooze a notification

Swipe left or right slowly. Then touch and select a duration to snooze notifications. To snooze notifications, first turn on snoozing.

Dismiss a notification

Swipe it sideways. Some notifications, like voicemails, require an action and cannot be dismissed.

Dismiss all notifications

Swipe to the end of your notifications and touch Clear all.

Customize your notifications

Use Do Not Disturb to silence all notifications when you don’t want interruptions.

Touch & hold a notification to customize that app's notifications. Then you can:

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Stop all notifications from that app.

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Change the app's notifications to be Silent instead of Default.

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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 off with the app or in Settings.

Turn gestures on/off

Perform everyday tasks with quick motions.

You turn each gesture on/off independently.

Touch “Learn more” links to learn how to use and turn gestures on/off.

Use three fingers to take a screenshot. Learn more.

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Make a chopping motion to turn the flashlight on or off. Learn more.

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Twist your wrist twice quickly to open the camera from any screen. 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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Swipe back and forth to use split screen. Learn more.

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Optimize your gaming

Moto Gametime provides tools and settings to help you focus on gaming. You can:

Turn on enhanced display and audio settings. Learn how.

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Block notifications and reject incoming calls, except for those you choose. Learn how.

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Pause gestures that conflict with game controls. Learn how.

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Access shortcuts to social apps, screen capture tools, and settings. Learn how.

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Other settings

See what’s going on while your screen is off with Peek Display. Learn more.

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Keep your screen on while you’re looking at it with Attentive Display. Learn how.

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Silence the “Hello Moto” greeting during startup. Learn how.

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To find information about different settings, touch above.

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Focus on gaming

Find your games and gaming tools in one place

Open the Games app and then:

To play a game, touch .

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If you don't have any games yet, touch Download and choose one from Play Store.

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To customize display, avoid interruptions, and turn off gestures during games, touch .

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To see screens captured during games, touch .

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To turn Moto Gametime on or off for a game, touch .

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Turn Moto Gametime on/off

To turn it on/off for all games:

Open the Games app.

Touch and turn Moto Gametime on or off .

To turn it on/off for a specific game:

Open the Games app and touch .

Touch a game to add or remove it.

Open sidebar

Use the sidebar to quickly adjust settings during a game.

To open it, you can either:

Touch .

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Swipe right.

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Swipe right but don't show . This gives maximum space for and interferes least with gaming.

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To change between touch or swipe for opening the sidebar:

Open the Games app.

Touch > Sidebar access

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3. Do one of the following:

To touch , select Tap the icon.

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To swipe right, select Swipe right from the edge.

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To swipe without showing , select Swipe right from the edge, then touch and turn Show

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visual hint off .

To reposition , just drag it to the top, middle, bottom, or opposite side of the screen.

To reposition :

1. Swipe it right.

Touch > Sidebar access.

Touch next to Swipe right from the edge.

4. Select top, middle, or bottom third of screen.

If you don’t want to use the sidebar, you can remove it. Open the sidebar and touch > Sidebar access > Hide the sidebar.

Turn off calls and notifications

From sidebar

1. During a game, open the sidebar.

Touch to block calls and to block notifications.

When Block calls is on , calls from starred contacts are allowed as exceptions:

To block starred contacts as well, or to permit calls from all contacts, touch > Allow calls from.

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To permit urgent calls if the same person calls a second time within a 15 minute period, turn Allow

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repeat callers on .

From Games app

Open the Games app.

Touch .

Turn Block notifications and Block calls on or off .

4. When Block calls is on, calls from starred contacts are allowed as exceptions:

To block starred contacts as well, or to permit calls from all contacts, touch Caller exceptions.

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To permit urgent calls if the same person calls a second time within a 15 minute period, turn Allow

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repeat callers on .

Turn off gestures that conflict with game controls

Some gestures may conflict with game controls. You can turn them off while you’re playing games.

Turn off all gestures

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To disable all gestures (system navigation, swiping for quick settings, and gestures like flashlight) during your game, open the sidebar and touch to turn Locked mode on .

Turn off individual gestures

During a game, open the sidebar and touch .

Touch Block Gestures and turn on the gestures you want to block.

Adjust display settings

1. During a game, open the sidebar.

Touch and adjust settings:

To keep brightness at a fixed level while gaming, turn Disable adaptive brightness on .

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To improve display, adjust Display refresh rate.

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To hide labels below sidebar icons, turn Show text in sidebar off .

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Use social apps while you play

Stream on Twitch

During a game, open the sidebar and touch .

2. If you haven't installed or set up Twitch, follow onscreen instructions to do so.

3. Log in and follow onscreen instructions to stream.

For help streaming, go to help.twitch.tv.

Other social apps

You can add up to two shortcuts in the sidebar to social apps such as WhatsApp or Discord, for quick access to your gaming friends. When you open the app from the sidebar during a game, it appears in a small freeform window that you can reposition.

To add apps:

During a game, open the sidebar and touch .

If needed, download the app you want to use from Play Store.

2. Select the apps to add.

To use the social apps:

1. During a game, open the sidebar and touch the app's icon.

2. Drag the app window where you want it.

3. Use available app features as you normally do. Certain app features may not be available in freeform mode.

Record or take screenshot during game

1. During a game, open the sidebar.

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To record your screen, touch . Learn more.

To take a screenshot, touch .

To share it, touch .

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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.

Tips:

If you don’t want the app’s icon added to your home screen when you install an app, touch & hold a

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blank space on your home screen, touch Home settings > Home screen style > and turn Add app icons to Home screen off .

To view Play Store apps you've installed on this phone, touch your profile icon > Manage apps &

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device > Manage > Installed > Not installed to see apps you've installed on other devices using the same Google account.

To prevent accidental or unwanted purchases, touch your profile icon > Settings >

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Authentication > Require authentication for 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 notification 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 notification 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.

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Touch your profile icon > Settings.

3. Touch Network preferences > 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.

Touch your profile icon > Manage apps & device.

3. Under Updates available:

Touch Update all.

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Or, to update a specific app, touch See details, then touch Update by its name.

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Tip: To read the summary of what changed, touch the app name before you update it.

Turn off Play Store auto-updates

To stop a specific app from updating automatically:

1. Open the Play Store app.

Touch your profile icon > Manage apps & device.

3. Touch Manage, then touch the app's name.

Touch and turn off Enable auto update.

To stop all apps from updating automatically:

1. Open the Play Store app.

Touch your profile icon > Settings.

3. Touch Network preferences > 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 flight tracker? Delete them and easily reinstall when needed.

1. Open the Play Store app.

Touch your profile icon > Manage apps & device > Manage.

3. Touch Installed and change to Not installed.

Check the box for each app to re-install, then touch .

If you have multiple Google accounts, touch your profile icon and next to your account touch . Select the other account and repeat the process to restore apps downloaded in that account.

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Manage or delete apps

Organize apps

To organize apps into groups on your home screen, use folders.

Control app permissions

The first time you use an app, and sometimes when you install, update, or haven't used it for a while, 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:

Touch & hold the app icon, then touch .

2. Touch Permissions.

3. Turn each permission on or off 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 off. Then touch OK to restart in safe mode.

When it restarts, you'll see Safe mode across the bottom of the home screen, and all widgets and thirdparty apps 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

Press & hold the Power button, then touch Restart .

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Or, hold the Power button for about 30 seconds, or until your phone restarts.

Clear app's cache or data

Clearing the cache and data can free up phone memory, improve performance, and fix some problems with apps and web pages.

Touch & hold the app icon, then touch .

2. Do one of the following:

To free up space by removing temporary files, 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:

Touch & hold the app icon, then touch .

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 & notifications > See all # apps.

Apps installed by others show the message Not installed for this user.

2. Touch the app name.

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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Tip: Back up over Wi-Fi to prevent cellular data charges.

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.

Check that Backup by Google One is on . If needed, turn it on.

4. If you have multiple Google accounts, touch Account to select an account.

5. Follow the onscreen instructions.

To back up other files that aren't automatically backed up, like attachments or downloads:

Open the Drive app.

Touch .

3. Touch Upload, then choose the files or folder to upload.

Protect against harmful apps

Scan phone for harmful apps

Play Protect helps keep your phone secure by automatically scanning your apps, including sideloaded apps, to check for potentially harmful apps (malware).

If Play Protect finds 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.

Touch your profile icon > Play Protect.

3. Review the results of the latest scan, or touch Scan.

Play Protect is on by default.

To learn more, read Google's help.

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If your phone seems slow

If you’ve scanned your phone to confirm there aren’t any potentially harmful apps but your phone seems slow, try these troubleshooting steps.

Use 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. Press the Google Assistant button.

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.

Search with the widget

To type your search term:

1. Touch the blank space on 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 viewfinder 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

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information to Contacts, create calendar events from dates on posters or billboards

To use Google Lens:

Open the Camera app and touch .

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, adjust the frame corners.

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You can also use Google Lens on captured photos and screenshots. In the Photos app, open the photo or screenshot, then touch .

To learn more, read Google's help.

Search for nearby phone numbers

To find and call a nearby business:

Open the Phone app.

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, touch Nearby places and turn it 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 different

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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 off Google’s collection of your information.

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Search your phone

Find an app

1. Swipe up from the bottom of the home screen to open your app list.

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Touch Search apps.

3. Type the app's name.

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 a setting

1. Go to Settings.

At the top of Settings, touch .

Type your search term and touch on the keyboard.

4. In the list of search results, touch a setting to open it.

Find your phone number

1. Go to Settings.

2. Touch About phone > Phone number.

Find photos, videos, files

To find photos or videos on your phone, use the Photos app.

To find downloaded files, use the Files app.

Browse websites

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.

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 > Print. If you don't see your printer listed, set up your print

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service.

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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

Open the Chrome app.

Touch > History.

3. Touch Clear browsing data.

To learn more, read Google's help.

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 & notifications.

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 file.

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 offered 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 off 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.

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

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number.

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 find 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 off group messaging.

To protect your privacy, you can hide sensitive content for lock screen notifications.

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Send text message

Open the Messages app.

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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If you're using two SIMs and want to switch to the other to send the text, touch and select the

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SIM.

Touch .

Tips for sending messages:

To text your best friend with one touch from your home screen, add a task shortcut. Touch & hold

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and 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.

Open the Messages app.

Touch > Settings.

3. If you have dual SIMs, touch the SIM.

If you have one SIM, touch Advanced.

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4. Turn on Get SMS delivery reports.

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 field to delete the draft.

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Forward a text message

Open the Messages app.

2. Open the conversation.

3. Touch & hold the message.

Touch > Forward.

Copy text from a message

Open the Messages app.

2. Open the conversation.

3. Touch & hold the message.

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 files to text message

You can attach saved pictures and videos, or take one right from your message that has an optimized, reduced file size.

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 finger.

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Touch to attach a photo or video or capture a new one. Touch to expand the viewfinder to

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fullscreen, where you can switch to a selfie camera or capture a video.

Touch for other types of attachments (emoji, GIF, your location).

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Touch .

To learn more, touch > Help & Feedback in the Messages app.

Send contact as text message

Open the Messages app.

2. Open your conversation with that person.

3. Touch their name at the top of the conversation.

You'll see their contact information.

Touch > Share.

5. Choose parts of the contact info to share, then touch Continue.

6. Touch the recipient's name, or touch Messages to start a new message.

Touch .

Fix a problem

If you're having trouble attaching files, 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. If you don't see , touch the attachment to open it, then

look for save options.

To view the saved attachment:

For photos or videos, open the Photos app and touch Library.

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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.)

Turn group messaging on or off

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 off group messaging.

This feature is not available in all countries.

To adjust the group messaging setting:

In the Messages app, touch > Settings > Advanced.

2. 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 different app to send and receive text (SMS) and multimedia (MMS) messages:

1. Go to Settings > Apps & notifications.

2. Touch Default apps > SMS app.

Or, touch Advanced > Default apps > SMS app.

3. Touch the app to use.

Control notifications for text messages

If you use the Messages app:

Open the Messages app.

Touch > Settings.

3. If you have dual SIMs, touch General.

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4. Touch Notifications and turn notifications on or off, change the sound, and add or remove vibration.

If you use a different messaging app:

1. Touch & hold the app's icon.

Touch App info > Notifications.

3. Make changes.

Tip: In your phone settings, you can prevent interruptions by restricting text message notifications during hours you specify or from specific 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 answering the call.

To edit these quick responses:

Touch .

Touch > Settings.

3. Touch Quick responses.

4. Touch one of the responses to edit it.

Get text messages on your computer

Set up Device Pairing

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.

On your phone, open the Messages app and touch > Device Pairing.

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.

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See and send messages

When you have unread messages, you'll see a red notification 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.

Sign out of Device Pairing

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:

Open the Messages app.

Touch > Device Pairing.

3. Do one of the following:

Touch next to an individual computer to sign out of it.

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Touch Unpair all devices.

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To sign out from the computer, at the top of the message list, click .

Use 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 notification, you'll see in the status bar.

1. To open email from a notification, swipe the status bar down and touch the notification:

A single email notification opens the message directly.

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A multiple email notification opens the email list; touch an email to open it.

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If you dismiss the notification 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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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

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.

To copy someone on the email, in the To field, touch .

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.

To copy someone on the email, in the To field, touch .

Touch .

Add attachment to email

In the email you're composing, touch > Attach file to add a file stored on your phone, or attach one saved on Drive.

2. Browse to the file, 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 file types have a free viewer that you can use. In Play Store, search for the file type, then select and download an app.

Save attachments from email

In the email, touch on the attachment 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 first one, then touch the others.

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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 file:

1. Open the Gmail app.

Touch > Settings, then touch the account name.

3. Touch Images > Ask before displaying external images.

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.

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 notifications

You can control whether you see notifications when you receive an email.

Touch & hold .

Touch > Notifications.

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3. Adjust notification settings.

Tip: To automatically silence notifications during hours you specify, use Do Not Disturb.

Use apps : Calendar app

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 notifications 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 flight, 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 notification 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:

In your calendar, touch .

2. Touch Schedule, Day, 3 days, 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 .

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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.

Open the Calendar app and touch > Event.

2. If you have multiple accounts, touch the account for 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 notification and select how long before the event you want a reminder.

5. Touch Save.

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:

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 flight bookings and restaurant reservations):

Touch > Settings > Events from Gmail.

Under the name of the account, turn Show events from Gmail off .

To learn more, open Calendar and touch > Help & Feedback.

Control notifications for calendar events

Touch & hold the app icon.

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Touch > Notifications.

3. Adjust notification settings.

If you have assigned a ringtone for the notification but you silence your phone, your phone won't play the ringtone.

Tip: To automatically silence notifications during hours you specify, use Do Not Disturb.

Use apps : Clock app

Set alarms

Set alarm by touch

1. Open the Clock app.

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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To control general alarm settings, like alarm volume and snooze duration, touch > Settings.

Set alarm by voice

1. Press the Google Assistant button. Or, say “Hey Google” if you've set up Voice Match.

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 confirmation.

When an alarm is set

You'll see in the status bar.

To adjust it, open quick settings, swipe down again, and touch the alarm time.

Delete an alarm

1. Open the Clock app.

Touch

Touch > .

Use timer or stopwatch

Use timers

You can set multiple countdown timers with labels to keep track:

In the Clock app, touch for the Timer tab.

2. Enter the time to count down.

Touch .

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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 .

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To delete a timer, touch .

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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 finger to see the

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timer notification and remaining time. To open the timer, touch the notification.

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.

In the Clock app, touch for the Stopwatch tab.

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 .

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To reset the counter to zero, touch > .

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If you leave this app, quickly return to it by swiping the status bar down with one finger and

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touching a control. To open the stopwatch, touch the notification.

Tip: If you use stopwatches frequently, create a task shortcut. Touch & hold , then drag Start stopwatch to your home screen.

Set date and time

Change time format

1. Go to Settings > System > Date & time.

Motorola Moto G71 User guide

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

Set up phone 1

About your hardware

Hardware diagram

Care for your phone

Insert or remove SIM card

Insert or replace cards

Fix a problem

Copy data from old phone

Copy data from iPhone

Copy data from Android phone

What gets copied from Android phone

Import contacts from SIM

Manage dual SIMs

About dual SIMs

Set up SIM profile

Change SIM profile

Change SIM name, color, ringtone

Set up voicemail

Set voicemail password

Set mailbox greeting

Change voicemail options

Set up email

Set up personal email

Set up corporate email

Switch account views

Prepare for emergencies

Set up emergency information

View emergency information

Add message to lock screen

Send your location to emergency services

Turn emergency alerts off/on

Make it yours

Personalize your phone

Protect your phone

Other common set up tasks

Learn the basics

About your home screen

What’s on the screen

Add/remove screens

Customize your home screen

About your lock screen

If this is your first smartphone

Learn the basics

Get apps

Protect your phone

Personalize your phone

Manage cellular data

Useful to know

If you had an iPhone

About your Google account

Benefits of your account

Maintaining your account

Learn about Google apps

Can't sign in to Google account

Status bar icons

About status icons

What status icons mean

Phone terms you should know

Learn gestures

Touch, drag, swipe, zoom

Press Power button twice

Move between apps and screens

Choose how to get around

Use gesture navigation

Use 3-button navigation

Use quick settings

Open quick settings

Adjust quick settings

Open all settings

Customize quick settings

Turn screen off and on

Why your screen turns off automatically

Turn screen off and on manually

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