New To Android; If This Is Your First Smartphone - Motorola moto G9 PLAY User Manual

Learn the basics : New to Android?

If this is your first smartphone

Learn the basics
To get around your phone, here are the key concepts.
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You can choose how you
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In addition to touching the screen to select items, you can use
• The icons at the top of your home screen
and network connection, and whether you've missed a call.
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Your phone and apps send you notifications for things like new messages, calendar events, and upcoming
alarms. You'll find notifications
To learn about these common tasks, touch one below:
• Answer a call.
• Make a call.
• Set an alarm.
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Turn the flashlight on/off.
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Listen to music.
Get apps
Your phone comes with many
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
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.
A screen lock doesn't prevent you from immediately answering a call or accessing your camera.
Display your owner info. On your lock screen, you can discreetly display a "please return" message with some of
your contact info so that, if your phone is lost, someone can to return it to you.
Enable lost phone features. For peace of mind, check out
locate and lock or erase your phone.
Personalize your phone
While changing your wallpaper
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.
move between apps and
tell you important stuff at a glance, like your phone's battery level
in several places, and can
fun and useful apps, but you can really unlock its power by
is probably your first customization, don't stop there. Be sure to explore your
screens: gestures or
other gestures, such as pinch to zoom.
do a lot with them.
Find My Device, in case you ever need to remotely
icons.
installing apps that suit
Learn how.
Learn how.
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