User's Manual

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Your Home Screen
Icons
You can ll the home screen with any combinations
of shortcuts, widgets, and folders you like.
When you power up your tablet for the rst time,
you’ll see the main home screen panel. This panel is
typically centered; you can access additional panels
on either side of the main one by swiping your nger
left or right.
Battery Level: The blue battery level indicator
will decrease and change to red as the battery is
drained.
Wi-Fi Signal: As the Wi-Fi signal strength de-
creases, the blue bands will change to grey.
Menu: Tap to reveal settings and options.
All Apps: Tap to view all apps.
Back: Go back to the previous screen.
Home: Go back to the home screen. Hold and
slide up to access Google Now.
Recent Apps: Open a list of recent apps. Tap an
app to open it or swipe left/right to remove the
thumbnail.
Google Search: Touch Google to type your
search terms, or the Microphone icon to speak
them. You can also say “Google” and your query
to activate a voice search.