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COCſCiC" Quick Start Guide English Android 6.
Copyright © 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved. Edition 1.08 Google, Android, Gmail, Google Maps, Chrome, Android Wear, Nexus, Google Play, YouTube, Hangouts, and other trademarks are property of Google Inc. A list of Google trademarks is available at http://www.google.com/permissions/trademark/our-trademarks.html. All other marks and trademarks are properties of their respective owners. This book introduces Android 6.0, Marshmallow, for Nexus and Android One devices.
Table of Contents 1 Welcome to Android About Android 6.0, Marshmallow What’s new in 6.
Turn “Ok Google” on or off Now on Tap 3 Use the keyboard Enter & edit text Basic editing Emoji Use next-word suggestions Gesture Typing Use Gesture Typing without the space bar Keyboard dictionaries Personal dictionary Type by speaking 4 Control access Manage accounts on your device Add an account Remove an account Share your device with other users Switch users Remove a user Guest user Security Smart Lock Facial recognition On-body detection Trusted places Trusted Voice Nexus Imprint
Protect against harmful apps Android Device Manager Backup & reset Pay with your phone 5 Share & store content on your device Android Beam Google Cast File storage SD card storage Dual-SIM card support Screenshots Printing 6 Try some apps Play Store Google Play support Gmail Camera Photos Contacts Hangouts Calendar FM Radio 7 Accessibility 8 Android on watches, TVs, and cars Android Wear
Android TV Android Auto
1 Welcome to Android About Android 6.0, Marshmallow Marshmallow is the latest version of Android, the operating system that powers phones, tablets, watches, TVs, cars, and more. This book introduces the Android 6.0 software on your Nexus or Android One phone or tablet. For hardware details, visit support.google.com/android. There, you can find comprehensive information about all types of Android phones and tablets, including more details about Nexus devices and other versions of Android.
Get started When you first turn on your phone or tablet, you’ll see a Welcome screen. Choose the language you want and touch the arrow to continue. IMPORTANT: To complete the setup process, it’s best to have a Wi-Fi connection. Sign in to your account When prompted, sign in with your Google Account or create one. Signing in lets you immediately access everything associated with your Google Account, like Gmail and Calendar.
automatically synced with your device. For example, if you change a friend’s phone number on your phone, that change also appears on your tablet and on any computers where you’re signed in to your Google Account. IMPORTANT: Make sure you remember the password you use to sign into your device or else you won’t be able to access it. Even if you do a factory reset, you will be required to enter the password you used to sign into this device.
Using a Nexus phone, you can place calls from the Phone app, the Contacts app, or other apps or widgets that display contact information. Wherever you see a phone number, you can usually touch it to dial. To place a call to one of your contacts: on a Home or All Apps 1. Touch Phone screen. To choose someone to scroll or search. 2. call, If the keypad is in the way, touch the Back button to lower it. 3. To place a call, touch the contact’s name.
address now. For more details, see Use Gmail. Take a photo To take a photo: . 1. Open Camera Frame your 2. picture. Touch the capture icon below the image area to take the picture. 3. To see the photo you just took, swipe from left right to left on an Android One or older Nexus phones. On Nexus 5x and Nexus 6P, touch the circular preview of the photo that appears to the lower right of the capture button. For more details, visit Use Camera.
on or off. Airplane mode Airplane mode: Turn airplane mode means your phone won’t connect to Wi-Fi or a cell signal, even if one is available. Auto-rotate: Lock your device’s orientation in portrait or landscape mode. Flashlight: Turn the flashlight on or off.
Open the main Settings menu by touching Settings right. at the top Your apps To see all your apps, touch any Home screen. in the Favorites tray on This is where you can see all your apps, including those that come with your phone or tablet and those you downloaded on Google Play. You can move app icons to any of your Home screens. The apps you’ve used most recently appear in the first row. From All Apps, you can: Explore apps.
you about harmful apps. For more details, see Protect against harmful apps. Your Home screens After you finish setting up your device, the main Home screen appears for the first time. Here, you can add app icons and widgets (an “at-a-glance” view of an app’s most important information) to your Home screens. To move between Home screens, swipe left or right. To see notifications, swipe down from the top of the screen with one finger.
Opens the previous screen you were working in, even if it was in a different app. Once you back up to the Home screen, you can’t go back any further. Home Returns to the Home screen. To get suggestions based on the screen you’re currently viewing, touch & hold this button. For more information, see Now on Tap. Overview Opens a list of thumbnail images of screens you’ve worked with recently. To open one, touch it. To remove a screen from the list, swipe it left or right or touch the X.
Android Marshmallow includes several other automatic battery optimizations that are usually in effect. These include: Doze reduces battery usage when your device is not in use, not charging, and not moving. App Standby lets Android reduce battery-draining activities of apps that you haven’t used for a long period of time (when your device isn’t charging). Doze and App Standby do not have separate settings. They are two of several battery optimizations that are in effect by default in most situations.
2 Personalize your device Customize your Home screens Make your Home screen feel like home. You can change your wallpaper, add apps or widgets, or add additional Home screens to the right. To change your wallpaper: 1. Touch & hold the background, then touch Wallpapers . Swipe to to choose wallpaper image. 2. right left a Or choose an image from your Photos, Downloads, or Drive. To add another Home screen, swipe to the rightmost screen and drag an app or widget to the right edge.
2. Swipe down to explore the widgets available. To move an app or widget to another position: 1. Touch & hold the icon. 2. Slide your finger to the new position. To move between Home screens, slide toward the edge of the screen. To bump another icon out of the way, slide your finger slowly into it. 3. Lift your finger.
Suggestions onto your Home screen, touch & hold it, then move it with your finger to where you want it. Manage your settings Settings controls the core Android settings for networks, hardware, location, security, language, accounts, and more. The fastest way to adjust system settings that you access frequently, such as Wi-Fi or brightness, is through Quick Settings. See Quick Settings for more information.
Display To change the display settings on your device: 1. Go to Settings > Device > Display. 2. Choose from the following settings. Some of these settings may vary by device and version of Android. All can affect battery life. See Manage battery life for more information. to adjust the brightness Brightness level: Move the slider level on your device. Adaptive brightness: Turn on adaptive brightness to automatically optimize the brightness level on your device based on the available light around you.
example, you can only get notified of calls and messages from close contacts or automatically silence notifications at night or during events. For more information, visit Set your notifications. When device is locked. Manage whether notifications can be seen at all when your phone is locked, or whether sensitive content in a notification can be seen. Sensitive content includes the details of a calendar event, who sent you an email, or the title of a song you downloaded.
To see the notifications that correspond to the icons on the left, swipe down with one finger. TIP: Wi-Fi and mobile signal strength are indicated at the top of the screen by the white area in the corresponding icons. To see whether the selected Wi-Fi network has a full Internet connection, open Quick Settings by swiping down from the top of the screen.
connection. Certain notifications can be expanded to show more information, such as email previews or calendar events. The one at the top is expanded when possible. To expand a notification, position one finger inside it and swipe down slowly. To open the related app, touch the notification. Some notifications also allow you to take specific actions by touching icons within the notification. For example, Calendar notifications allow you to Snooze (remind you later) or send email to other guests.
Pin your screen You can enable your device to only show a certain app’s screen using screen pinning. This feature can come in handy if you want to play a game without accidentally minimizing the app if you touch the Home button. Some apps may ask if you want to use screen pinning. When a screen is unpinned, you can choose to return to the lock screen. To pin a screen: 1. Go to Settings > Personal > Security > Screen pinning and turn screen pinning on.
2. Open the app you want to pin. on your device. Swipe up the first screen on 3. Touch Overview the bottom to bring it into view. 4. Touch the pin . Select an option to return to the lock screen after a screen is unpinned. and at the same 5. To exit the pinned screen, touch & hold time. Google Now Google Now is about getting you just the right information at just the right time.
After you start using Google Now, you don’t need to do anything else. You can fine-tune some settings, but Google Now doesn’t need any elaborate setup. How it works To know when to show information you’ll find useful, Google Now uses contextual data from your device and from other Google products, plus data from third-party products that you allow Google Now to access.
Calendar that includes an address, Google Now can check traffic and suggest when you should leave. When you decide to use Google Now, you can also turn on Location History. Location History allows Google to store a history of your location data from all devices on which you’re logged into your Google Account. You can control this global setting and the setting for each device from Settings > Personal > Location > Google Location History.
also need to change the main language on your device. Visit Change your language on Google. Turn “Ok Google” on or off You can start a search or action by saying “Ok Google.” To turn this and touch feature off or on, open Google Now or the Google app menu > Settings > Voice > “Ok Google” detection. Now on Tap In Android 6.0, Google Now can also provide you with relevant suggestions based on the content currently on your screen. This feature is called Now on Tap.
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3 Use the keyboard TIP: To select a keyboard language other than English, go to Settings > Personal > Language & input. For more details, visit Keyboard help. Enter & edit text Use the onscreen keyboard to enter text.
As you type, suggestions for completing each word appear above the keyboard. Keyboards on tablets work in a similar way. To make the keyboard go away, touch the Back button below it. Some apps open the keyboard automatically. In others, you first need to touch where you want to type. Basic editing Change where you want to type Touch the cursor, then touch and drag the tab that appears below it to the new position. Select text Touch & hold or double-tap within the text.
Turn caps lock on Double-tap or touch & hold the Shift key so that it changes to again to return to lowercase. . Touch the Shift key Change word capitalization If you want to quickly change the capitalization of a word you’ve already typed, select it and touch the Shift key . have the option to capitalize the word or change the word to You’ll be in all capital letters. Type a symbol or character To switch to symbol keys for one word, touch the symbol key once.
Emoji Use Google Keyboard to choose from a variety of small, colorful images used to express emotion (known as emoji) to add some fun to your messages. Depending on your app, you may need to touch & hold the Return key (or sometimes the Next key, the right-pointing arrow that appears instead of the Return key) and then slide your finger to the happy to display emoji. On a tablet, just touch the emoji symbol at face the lower right. You’ll see a panel like this.
Use next-word suggestions 1. Touch the location where you want to input text. 2. Start typing out a word. When the word you want is displayed in a list above the keyboard, touch it. 3. Continue to touch words unless the one you want doesn’t appear. If so, type it. Android continues to suggest words as you type. To change your keyboard and input methods, go to Settings > Personal > Language & input.
1. Touch the location where you want to type to open the keyboard. 2. Slide your finger slowly across the letters of the word you want to input. 3. Lift your finger when the word you want is displayed in the floating preview or in the middle of the suggestion strip. To select one of the other words in the suggestion strip, touch it. If the word you want isn’t shown while using Gesture Typing, you can type it out manually.
Personal dictionary and the language of the dictionary you want to and type in the word. When you use the modify, then choose Add optional shortcut when typing, your word or phrase appears as an option in the suggested words above the keyboard. Type by speaking You can speak to enter text in most places where you can enter text with the onscreen keyboard. 1. Touch a text field, or a location in the text you’ve already entered in a text field. key on the onscreen keyboard. 2. Touch the Microphone 3.
4 Control access Manage accounts on your device You can add accounts so that information associated with those accounts automatically syncs with your phone or tablet. You’ll need to set up an account on your device if you want to receive email or get apps on Google Play. You can also add multiple users for your device, if, for example, several people share a tablet. Adding users is different from adding accounts.
1. Go to Settings > Personal > Accounts. 2. Select your account. If you’re using a Google account, touch Google and then your account. Remove an account When you remove an account that you’ve added to your device, everything associated with that account, including email, contacts, and settings is also deleted. To remove an account from your device: 1. Determine whether the account you want to remove is the account you used to set up your device. If it’s not, go to step 2 and follow the instructions.
1. Go to Settings > Device > Users. 2. Touch Add user, then touch OK. If you’re with the new user: Touch Set up now and you’ll be taken to the lock screen. Select the new user, unlock the screen, and allow them to set up their Google Account and other details. If the new user isn’t around: Touch Not now. A New user will appear in the list. The next time you’re with the user, go back to the user list and select New user or click the user image on the lock screen.
don’t have access to your mail, your apps, or any content on your phone that’s tied to your account, like photos or downloaded files. You must be the device’s owner to add a guest. 1. Go to Settings 2. Touch Guest. > Device > Users. When your guest is finished using your device, you can switch back to another user. To switch to another user: Swipe down from the top of any screen, and then touch the bar at the top to open Quick Settings.
Emergency. If you have a device that’s set up for more than one user, you may need to touch your image at the bottom of the screen to see your own locked screen. For more information, visit Set screen lock. Smart Lock You can turn on Smart Lock to keep your device unlocked when it’s safe with you—for example, when you’re at a trusted place or when the device recognizes your face. To use this feature, go to Settings > Personal > Security > Smart Lock.
when it senses that it’s being carried. On supported devices, on-body detection will learn a signature of the way the phone moves while you walk in order to lock the phone when it moves in a way that doesn’t resemble your natural rhythm. Note: On-body detection can’t tell whose body is connected to on body detection. If you give your device to someone else while it’s unlocked, your device may stay unlocked using on-body detection.
Apps from Google Play are always verified by Google to protect your data and your device from harm. By default, your device doesn’t allow the installation of apps from sources other than Google Play. If you choose to allow the installation of apps from other sources, you’re more likely to end up with harmful apps on your device.
your backed up settings and data from Google Drive. You can choose this option when you first set up your device, and turn it on or off from Settings > Personal > Backup & reset > Automatic restore. Pay with your phone When NFC is turned on, you can use Tap & pay to pay for items just by holding your phone to the contactless terminal at checkout. To manage which app you use for payment: Go to Settings > Device > Tap & pay > Payment default.
5 Share & store content on your device Android Beam You can instantly send or beam a web page, video, or other content from your screen to another device by bringing the devices together (typically back to back). In some apps, the Share icon also gives you the option of using Android Beam. Before you begin: Make sure both devices are unlocked, support Near Field Communication (NFC), and have both NFC and Android Beam turned on. To check, go to Settings > Wireless & networks > More.
To turn on Android Beam, go to Settings > More > Android Beam > Wireless & networks Google Cast Google Cast is a technology that lets you cast entertainment and music from your phone or tablet right to your TV or speakers. Discover a growing number of Google Cast apps including Netflix, YouTube, Pandora, Hulu Plus, HBO GO, WatchESPN, Google Play, and more at g.co/castapps. These devices have built-in Cast technology: Chromecast: Allows you to cast entertainment from your phone or tablet to your TV.
as your Home screen wallpaper. For example, to attach an image to an email you’re composing, touch the Paper Clip at the top right and choose to either Attach file or Insert from Drive to select stored images in your Drive folder. From Attach file, you can view any of these sources: Recent shows you the photos or videos you’ve taken or opened most recently. Drive lets you attach any files stored in Google Drive. Images displays any photos, videos, or other images on your device.
SD card storage You can insert microSD cards into most Android One phones to extend their storage capacity. This feature isn’t available on Nexus devices. For more details, visit Install and use a micro SD card. Dual-SIM card support If you have an Android One phone, you can use two SIM cards: one for cellular data, and one for voice. For more details, visit Dual-SIMs. Screenshots To take a screenshot from Nexus devices: 1. Make sure the image you want to capture is displayed on the screen. 2.
Before you can print, you need a printing service installed on your device. To check what services are currently available, go to Settings > System > Printing. Open each available service to turn it on or off, check which printers are available, add new printers, and adjust the service’s settings. To print a document, like a webpage in Chrome: 1. Touch menu > Print. 2. In the dialog that appears, adjust settings such as printer, copies, orientation, and more. 3. Touch Print .
6 Try some apps Play Store The Google Play Store brings together all your favorite apps & games, movies & TV shows, books, music, and news & magazines in one place, so you can reach them from any of your devices. To open the Play Store app, touch Play Store . If you purchased content in the Play Store in the past, you’ll automatically have access to this content on any Android device — just make sure you’re signed in with the same account that you used to purchase the content. To check: 1.
support options, visit the Google Play Help Center. Gmail Use the Gmail app to read and write email from any mobile device. To open it, touch Gmail on a Home or All Apps screen. Gmail isn’t just about email.
photos, videos, and immersive 360-degree photo sphere shots, including what’s above and below you. To open Camera: and swipe away from From the the lock screen, touch Camera the camera icon in the bottom right corner. From the Home screen, touch Camera . The first time you open Camera, you may be asked if you want it to remember photo locations. This allows you to pinpoint the location of a particular photo with Google Maps. When you open Camera, you can choose from several different camera modes.
On older Nexus devices, swipe left to right on the main camera screen to view the camera modes. On the latest Nexus devices, you can swipe from right to left to switch to Video mode, and then from left to right to switch back to at the top left of Camera.
the image area. Photo Sphere To capture a 360-degree or wide angle shot, pan or tilt until the circle in the center of the screen moves over a blue dot and records that portion of the image. Keep moving over the dots until you’re finished, then touch the check mark at the bottom of the screen. Panorama Touch Panorama to begin taking a panoramic photo. Find your starting point, and touch the shutter to take the first picture in the panorama.
To change settings for each mode such as flash , grid , timer , etc, touch the three dots at the bottom right of the framed image. TIP: HDR+, available on some Nexus devices, automatically snaps a rapid burst of photos and combines them to give you the best possible single shot. To turn on HDR+, touch the … at the lower right of the shutter and select HDR+. This feature is most useful for backlit scenes or those with both very bright and very dark elements. For more details, visit Camera help.
For more details, visit Photos help. Contacts The Contacts app gives you quick access to all of your stored contacts. To open it, touch the Contacts icon on a Home or All Apps screen. When you first turn on your device and sign into a Google Account, existing contacts from that account are synced with your Contacts app. After that, your contacts stay in sync automatically on your different devices or a Web browser. If you use Exchange, you can also sync that contact information with Contacts.
With Hangouts, you can make video calls to anyone with a Google Account. You can share photos and your location with others. On some Nexus devices, Hangouts is also your default messaging app. For more information about using Hangouts, visit Hangouts help. Calendar Use the Calendar app to view and edit your schedule. To open it, touch Calendar on a Home or All Apps screen. When you first set up your Android device, you have a chance to configure it to use a Google Account (such as Gmail).
guests. For more information, visit Calendar help. FM Radio If you have an Android One phone, you can listen to or record FM radio stations with the FM Radio app . To use FM Radio: 1. Plug earphones into your device. They serve as a radio antenna. 2. Open the FM Radio app. 3. The radio will start playing the station on the screen. You can keep listening to the radio even when you want to use another app or if your screen goes to sleep by touching the Home button.
7 Accessibility To use the accessibility options, open Settings Accessibility. > System > To view detailed information about setting up these options, visit Android Accessibility. Here are some options for people with visual impairments: TalkBack is a screen reader from Google that comes with your Android phone and tablet. It uses spoken feedback to describe events, such as notifications, and the results of your actions, such as opening an app.
and out, as well as temporarily magnify what’s under your finger. To try magnification gestures, go to Settings > System > Accessibility > Magnification gestures.
8 Android on watches, TVs, and cars Android Wear Android Wear watches help you stay present and connected by giving you useful information at a glance. Check your calendar or quickly respond to messages using your watch, even when you’ve left your phone behind. Get handy tips from Google Now automatically throughout your day, with traffic info, your flight status, or weather forecasts. Set fitness goals and get daily and weekly views of your progress.
TV do the work. For more information, visit android.com/tv. Android Auto Android Auto allows you to display navigation, music, contacts, and messages from your phone on the built-in screen of a compatible car. With a simplified interface, integrated steering wheel controls, and powerful new voice actions, it’s designed to minimize distraction so you can stay focused on the road.
