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Search & Voice Actions basics, Turn off Google's location service & GPS support - tablet support

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To delete location history details, follow these steps from a desktop computer: 1. Open a web browser and make sure you're signed in with the account whose location history you want to manage. 2. Visit http://google.com/locationhistory. A page appears that allows you to view your location history for any date. 3. To delete all your recorded location history, click Delete all history. Alternatively, from this screen you can delete a portion of your location history starting from a date you choose in the calendar. 4. Click OK. Turn off Google's location service & GPS support Even when location reporting and location history are turned off, Google periodically reports data for use by various apps from sources such as Wi-Fi, mobile networks, and GPS to determine your approximate location at any given time. To turn off these services from the Google Now screen, touch Menu > Settings > Privacy and accounts > Location services and uncheck both Google's location service and GPS satellites. Doing so will disable Google Now as well as many other useful features of your tablet. Search & Voice Actions basics To use Google Search, touch the search bar at the top of any Home screen or swipe up from the bottom of your tablet. You can use Voice Actions with Google Search to get directions, send messages, and perform a number of other common tasks. Nexus 7 Guidebook Make Search personal 34

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NEXUS 7 GUIDEBOOK
MAKE SEARCH PERSONAL
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To delete location history details, follow these steps from a desk-
top computer:
1. Open a web browser and make sure you’re signed in with the
account whose location history you want to manage.
2. Visit
http://google.com/locationhistory
.
A page appears that allows you to view your location history
for any date.
3.
To delete all your recorded location history, click
Delete all
history.
Alternatively, from this screen you can delete a portion of
your location history starting from a date you choose in the
calendar.
4. Click
OK.
Turn off Google’s location service & GPS support
Even when location reporting and location history are turned off,
Google periodically reports data for use by various apps from
sources such as Wi-Fi, mobile networks, and GPS to determine
your approximate location at any given time.
To turn off these services from the Google Now screen, touch
Menu > Settings > Privacy and accounts > Location services
and
uncheck both
Google’s location service
and
GPS satellites
. Doing
so will disable Google Now as well as many other useful features
of your tablet.
Search & Voice Actions basics
To use Google Search, touch the search bar at the top of any
Home screen or swipe up from the bottom of your tablet.
You can use Voice Actions with Google Search to get directions,
send messages, and perform a number of other common tasks.