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Share your data connection
Your computer can access the Internet through your phone's mobile network—you just
need a USB cable.
Note: Your phone turns off Wi-Fi and uses the mobile network for Internet access. This
feature may require an additional subscription service from your service provider.
1 Connect your phone to your computer using a USB cable.
Note: If your computer is running something older than Microsoft Windows 7 or
Apple Macintosh OSX, it might require special configuration.
2 On your phone, swipe up
>
3 In Settings, tap Network & internet > Hotspot & tethering, then tap the USB
tethering.
To stop the connection, tap USB tethering again, then disconnect your phone from
your computer.
Share or pay with NFC
Near Field Communication technology lets you instantly share an item on your phone
(like a web link, contact, or a photo) by touching the back of your phone to the back of
another NFC-enabled device.
Find it: Swipe up
>
Settings > Connected devices > Connection preferences >
NFC
Note: The other device must support NFC, too.
1 Open the screen that contains the item you want to share.
2 Tap
> Android Beam
3 Touch the back of your phone to the back of the other device until you hear a sound.
Pay with your phone
You can use a secure payment app, like Google Pay, to pay for your purchase (where
available and supported).
Look for the NFC logo to confirm that you can make a mobile payment. Touch the
back your phone to the payment device to pay for your purchase. You may need to
authenticate your purchase using your fingerprint or passcode.
Settings, and make sure Wi-Fi is off.
Print
To print your photos, documents, and more from your phone, check if your printer's
manufacture has an app on Google Play. Then swipe up
devices > Connection preferences > Printing to get started.
You can also send your photos, docs, and more to any Android device in your cloud or
to Google Drive. Just download the Cloud Print app from Play Store.
Sync to the cloud
One account with access to everything, everywhere—phone, tablet, computer.
Sync your Google account
When you log in to the same Google account, all devices can get to all the same apps,
movies, books, and music from Google Play—plus you share the same Gmail, Google
Calendar™, and Google Mobile™. To add Google accounts to your phone, swipe up
Settings > Accounts > Add account > Google.
Phone & tablet
Your Android phone and tablet can work together to help you get the most out of both:
» Transfer media and files: Copy files to your phone and transfer them to other
Share
devices—see
» Phone hotspot: If you have a Wi-Fi tablet, turn your phone into a Wi-Fi hotspot to let
your tablet access the Internet anywhere—see
» Bluetooth® accessories: If you have a Bluetooth keyboard or other accessories to use
with your tablet, remember you can use them with your phone too. To connect them,
see
Connect with Bluetooth
Connect, share, pay & sync
files.
Wi-Fi
hotspot.
wireless.
>
Settings > Connected
>
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