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Smart apps and features that save you time, Google Search & Now, Using the News Suite application

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Smart apps and features that save you time Google Search & Now Use the Google app to search the internet. You can also enable a feed for regular updates ‒ for example, you can get traffic information before commuting to work, find popular restaurants in your area, see your favourite team's current score, and more. The app can be accessed by tapping in the application list, or you can reserve a pane on your Home screen for quick access and easy reading. To enable or disable Now cards 1 From your Home screen, tap . 2 Find and tap Settings > Google > Search & Now > Now cards. 3 Tap the Show cards slider. To reserve a pane on the Home screen for Google Search & Now 1 Touch and hold any area on your Home screen until the device vibrates. 2 Tap , then tap the Google Now™ slider. 3 You can now swipe to the left-most pane on the Home screen to access the Google Search & Now interface. If you reserve the left-most pane for Google Search & Now, the main Home screen pane cannot be changed and additional panes cannot be added to the left. Only the left-most pane can be reserved. Using the News Suite application News Suite is a two-in-one news app featuring a new two-tab concept: switch between the News tab, where you can find out about all the latest current affairs and the My Feeds tab, where you can read up on all the news that's most relevant to your own interests. The News Suite application is not available in all markets. To open the News Suite application 1 From your Home screen, tap . 2 Find and tap . Using your device as a wallet Use your device as a wallet to pay for goods without reaching for your real wallet. All of your installed payment services are put together to be viewed and managed. Note that when making a payment, you must first turn on the NFC function before your device touches a card reader. For more information about NFC, see NFC on page 119. Mobile payment services may not yet be available in all regions. To manage payment services 1 From your Home screen, tap . 2 Find and tap Settings > More > Tap & pay. A list of payment services appears. 3 Manage the payment services as desired, for example, you can change your default payment service. 124 This is an internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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Smart apps and features that save you
time
Google Search & Now
Use the Google app to search the internet. You can also enable a feed for regular
updates
‒
for example, you can get
traffic
information before commuting to work,
find
popular restaurants in your area, see your favourite team's current score, and more.
The app can be accessed by tapping
in the application list, or you can reserve a
pane on your Home screen for quick access and easy reading.
To enable or disable Now cards
1
From your
Home screen
, tap
.
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Google
>
Search & Now
>
Now cards
.
3
Tap the
Show cards
slider.
To reserve a pane on the Home screen for Google Search & Now
1
Touch and hold any area on your Home screen until the device vibrates.
2
Tap
, then tap the
Google Now™
slider.
3
You can now swipe to the left-most pane on the Home screen to access the
Google Search & Now interface.
If you reserve the left-most pane for Google Search & Now, the main Home screen pane
cannot be changed and additional panes cannot be added to the left. Only the left-most pane
can be reserved.
Using the News Suite application
News Suite is a two-in-one news app featuring a new two-tab concept: switch
between the News tab, where you can
find
out about all the latest current affairs and
the My Feeds tab, where you can read up on all the news that's most relevant to your
own interests
.
The News Suite application is not available in all markets.
To open the News Suite application
1
From your
Home screen
, tap
.
2
Find and tap
.
Using your device as a wallet
Use your device as a wallet to pay for goods without reaching for your real wallet. All
of your installed payment services are put together to be viewed and managed. Note
that when making a payment, you must
first
turn on the NFC function before your
device touches a card reader. For more information about NFC, see
NFC
on
page 119.
Mobile payment services may not yet be available in all regions.
To manage payment services
1
From your
Home screen
, tap
.
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
More
>
Tap & pay
. A list of payment services appears.
3
Manage the payment services as desired, for example, you can change your
default payment service.
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This is an internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.