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Learn the basics : New to Android?
Your home screen:
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On your old iPhone, your home screen was far left. Now, you start with one
pages to the right as needed.
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Your old phone showed all apps on your home screen. With your new phone, you can put
most important apps on your home screen for easy access. Or, find your
favorites
tray. This frees up room on your home screen for widgets, making your new home much more lively.
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Like your old iPhone, you'll see
on your new phone, you can swipe them left or right to dismiss them.
Quick access to settings: On your old iPhone, to adjust settings you opened a Settings app. You can still do that.
But now you've also got
airplane
mode, Wi-Fi, and other frequently-used settings.
In the cloud: Your
Google account
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 Play Music to
iTunes library.
File sharing: If you used AirDrop on your iPhone, now you'll use Nearby Share to easily
friends.
About your Google account
Benefits of your account
When you set up your phone, you
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:
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Synchronize everything. Never lose your contacts. Associate them with your Google account if you
them on your phone, and view them from Gmail on any computer or by signing into your Google account on
any phone. Create
browser bookmarks
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Store in the cloud. Upload your photos, videos, and
on your phone.
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Keep your stuff secure. Your account password secures it all and lets you access it from anywhere.
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:
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Control how frequently your phone
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Review and
manage
Learn about Google apps
Many Google apps, like Gmail, Chrome, Photos, and
download additional Google apps, read
notifications
quick
settings. Swipe down from the top of the screen for easy access to toggles for
is your key to cloud storage with Google. If you migrated your contacts to your
added
a Google account. If you haven't had a Google account before, this is
emails
or
calendar events
from any device.
syncs
the information Google collects from you, such as search and browsing history.
Google's
at the top of the screen, which you can swipe down to review. But
on your phone and view them on any computer. Access your
music
to the cloud; get to all of it without taking up space
your information.
Maps
are preloaded on your phone. To learn about and
information.
home screen
and can add more
shortcuts
full list
by swiping up from your
share files or links with
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