IMPORTANT:
To complete the setup process, it’s best to have a Wi-Fi connection.
To complete the setup process, it’s best to have a Wi-Fi connection.
When prompted, sign in with your Google Account or create one at that time. Signing in lets you immediately access everything associated with your Google Account, like Gmail. If you prefer,
you can skip this step and create an account later.
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If you have another Android device, Tap & Go lets you quickly set up a new device just by tapping it to your other one. Any Google Accounts and apps that were already backed up will automatically be copied over to the new device.
An email address that you use for any of the following counts as a Google Account:
• Gmail
• YouTube
• Google Play
• Google Apps
• AdWords
• Any other Google product
Signing in with a Google Account helps you get up and running quickly. When you sign in, you can easily get all the apps you’ve purchased on Google Play onto your new device. All the email, contacts, calendar events, and other data associated with that account are 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.If you have multiple Google Accounts, you can add others later from
Settings > Personal > Accounts
You can also add guest users in
Settings > Device > Users
.
Make yourself at home
After you finish setting up your device, the 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 easily find them.
• To move between Home screens, swipe left or right.
• To see notifications, swipe down from the top of the screen
with one finger.
• To open Quick Settings—frequently used settings—swipe down from the top of the screen twice with one finger or once with two fingers.
• To open Settings, swipe down from the top of any screen with two fingers or swipe twice with one finger, then touch in the top right.
• From the Home screen, touch Google at the top of the screen, or say “Ok Google” to search and start telling Google what to do.
Send an SMS (text message) from your phone
To send an SMS from your Nexus 6 phone:
1. Touch Messenger on your Home screen.
2. Touch to create a new message.
3. At the top of the screen, enter a phone number or select a contact, then touch
. Type your message, then touch
For Nexus 4 and 5, you can get the Messenger app on Google Play
. You can also use the default SMS app that comes on the phone—Hangouts on Nexus 5, the Messaging app on Nexus 4.
To change your default messaging app, go to
Settings > Wire-
less & networks > More > Default SMS app
.
Make a phone call
Using a Nexus or Google Play edition 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:
1. Touch Phone on a Home or All Apps screen.
2. To choose someone to call, scroll or search. If the keypad is in the way, touch the Back button to lower it.
3. To place a call, touch the contact’s name.
To view recent calls, touch the Recents tab. To use the keypad,
touch the keypad.
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On Nexus 4 and Nexus 5 only, Caller ID by Google identifies inbound and outbound numbers, even for callers not saved as contacts in the Contacts app.
