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Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 3 Icons Used in This Book 3 Beyond the Book 4 Where to Go from Here 4
Part 1: Your Phone in the Android Universe 5
Chapter 1: Why Android? What''s the Deal? 7 A Little Android History 8 The Many Flavors (Versions) of Android 9 Reasons That People Choose Android 10 Why You Need a Google Account 12 Accessing your Google account 12 Bequeathing your Google account 15 So Many Choices! 16 Flagship versus mid-range versus feature phones 17 Tech support options 18 5G? LTE? 4G? VoLTE? Whaaat? 19 A Word about Privacy and Security 20 Free usually isn''t 21 The terms of service can be tricky 21 Making the AI decision -- what is it really? 22 Marsha''s sage advice about privacy 23
Chapter 2: Buying Your Android Smartphone and Accessories 25 Investigate First -- Then Make a Buying Decision 26 Recognizing types and styles of phones 26 Looking at a phone''s physical features 28 Reviewing before making a decision 32 What is the brand''s update policy? 33 Considering an older model 34 Choosing where to buy your phone 35 Consider Your Carrier Choice 37 Checking out the carrier''s coverage area 37 Finding senior discounts on carrier service 37 You Need a Few Accessories, Too 39 Power charging or wireless -- volts and watts matter 39 MicroSD card 41 Phone cases 41 Phone sanitizer 43 Earbuds, wired or wireless? 44
Chapter 3: Activating and Connecting Your Phone 45 Unbox Your New Phone 46 Insert a SIM Card or Use an eSIM 48 Hardware Buttons and What They Do 49 Power buttons and your power-down options 51 Volume buttons and how they work 55 Turn On Your Phone for the First Time 57 Connecting to a network 58 Setting up a Google account 59 Setting up a secure lock 59 Restoring data from an older phone 60 Learn about Google One and Google Drive 61 Learn Android Smartphone Symbols and Gestures 62 Swipe, tap, pinch, and more 63 Recognizing common Android icons 63 Meeting the top status bar 65 Exploiting screen navigation and gestures 66
Part 2: Getting Started with Your Android Smartphone 69
Chapter 4: Safety First: Making Your New Phone Private 71 Set Up a Screen Lock 72 Checking out the screen locking options 72 Following the Lock screen setup process 75 Establish Data Backup 76 Place Owner Information on the Lock Screen 78 Add Emergency Info 81 Designating emergency or ICE contacts 81 Providing medical information 82
Chapter 5: Personalizing Your Handset 85 Find and Sort Your Apps 86 Move App Shortcuts to the Home Screen 88 Group Apps into Folders 89 Creating your own apps folders 90 Enlarge folders for easy viewing 91 Deal with Preinstalled Applications (or Bloatware) 92 Get the News (and Other Media) You Can Use 94 Customize the Home Screen''s Look and Feel 95 Finding handy widgets 95 Looking for particularly handy widgets 97 Show your creative side with wallpaper and styles 99 Try Out the Android Accessibility Suite 100
Chapter 6: Android Typing Tricks with Google''s Gboard 103 Make the Keyboard Decision 104 Selecting a keyboard to use 104 Noting keyboard features 106 Exploring keyboards you have (or can have) 110 Check Out Keyboard Contenders 112 Gboard, the official Google keyboard 112 Samsung Keyboard 115 Microsoft SwiftKey keyboard 115 Dictate with Voice Typing 117 Extended Keyboard and Special Characters 118 Learn the Emoji Language 119 Delete, Copy, and Paste Text 120
Chapter 7: Handling Notifications and Google Assistant 123 Meet the Android Notifications Drawer 124 Recognizing notification types and settings 124 Disabling notifications (or not) 125 Controlling notifications via app settings 129 Having fun with notifications (or not) 129 Taming Google Discover news feed 131 Manage Your Phone with Quick Settings 133 The first-up Quick Settings 134 The full cast of Quick Settings 135 Customizing the Quick Settings 136 Get the 411 from Google Assistant 138 Knowing what you can do with Google Assistant 139 Google Gemini versus Assistant 141
Part 3: Let''s Start Communicating 143
Chapter 8: Setting Up and Maintaining Contacts 145 Establish Your Phone''s Contacts 146 Starting out right with Google Contacts 147 Importing old address books 147 Save Contacts from Email 150 Add a Contact in Other Ways 151 Importing contacts from texts 152 Adding a contact from the call log 152 Type a Full Contact in the Contacts App 153 Merge Duplicate Contacts and Other Fixes 156 Customize, Delete, and Update Contacts 158
Chapter 9: Chatting via Voice or Video 161 Make a Voice Call 162 Making international calls from your phone 164 Calling internationally or locally with no contract 165 Check Voicemail 167 Get Voicemail Transcriptions 168 Reply to an Incoming Call by Sending a Text 170 Busy? Have Google Assistant Handle Your Calls 173 Using Audio Emoji 176 Set a Built-in Ringtone 178 Spend Face Time with Google Meet 178
Chapter 10: Texting with Poise and Character 181 Compare Types of Text Messaging 182 Turning on RCS chat features 185 Using third-party chat apps 187 There may be bubbles? 188 Dress Up Texts in Google Messages 189 The Text Message Bar and Emoji in Gboard 192 Find Even More Texting Options 194 Share Multimedia in Texts 195 Voice-Type (Dictate) 199 Manipulate the Text in Your Message 200 Act on Text Messages You Receive 201
Chapter 11: Managing Email with the Gmail App 203 Discover Gmail Features 204 Revealing the Gmail app''s main menu 204 Tending to mailbox organization 205 Scoping out the main mailbox 206 Send a Gmail Email 207 Adding an email signature. 210 Scheduling an email delivery 211 Perform Basic Gmail Tasks 212 A table of common email tasks 212 Printing an email from Gmail 214 Print Other Messages, Documents, and Web Pages 215 Link to Other Apps and Gmail Settings 218
Part 4: Exploring Your Phone''s Handy Apps 219
Chapter 12: Choosing and Using a Smartphone Camera 221 Examine Smartphone Cameras and Brands 222 Paying the right amount of attention to reviews 222 Phones with camera brand collaborations 223 Take a Camera-Spec Safari 224 Enough megapixel, but not too much 224 Home in on subjects with zoom 225 Exercise Your Android Camera''s Capabilities 227 Just point-and-shoot either stills or video 227 Add interest with your camera''s tools 229 Expand your reach with Google Lens visual search 229 Access camera features on the scrolling menu 235 Go Pro with Pro Mode 236 Discovering the Pro settings 236 Applying the Pro settings 237
Chapter 13: Organizing and Editing Photos 239 Find and Organize Photos on Your Phone 240 Using the in-phone Gallery 242 Using the Albums feature 242 Sharing photos in texts, emails, and more 243 Backing up your photos 244 Edit Your Photos in the Gallery 246 Finding editing options 247 Applying your phone''s photo editing tools 248 Playing with filters, colors, and more 250 Getting into the Google Photos App 251 Organizing Google Photos 252 Organize and select a Top Pick with Stacks 254 Editing images in Google Photos 255
Chapter 14: Google Mobile Services and Apps for Android 257 Find Popular Google Apps 258 Google Photos 259 Storing and retrieving photos 261 Syncing and deleting photos 261 Sharing with friends 262 Searching for photos 262 Adding info to help with photo searching 264 Google Maps 266 Finding your way to an appointment 267 Employing the Directions screen options 268 Sharing your location 269 Google Find My Device Network 271 Take Note(s) with Google Keep 275
Chapter 15: Useful Apps in Google Play Store 277 Frequent the Google Play Store 278 Establish App Privacy Permissions 278 Connect to Radio (Yes, Radio), Podcasts, and Music 281 Configuring your speakers'' volume 281 Making a wired connection 282 Using a Bluetooth connection 283 Find Favorite and Fun Apps -- a Consensus 284 Radio, podcasts, and music 284 Video apps 286 Travel 286 Games 289 News 290 Books 291 Engaging Social Media 291
Chapter 16: Marsha''s MUST-DO Things for Your Phone 293 Make the Orientation Decision 294 Take a Screenshot 295 Configure Do Not Disturb 296 Use Your Home Wi-Fi for Calls and Browsing 297 Practice Safety When Using Public Connections 299 Use a VPN to secure public Wi-Fi connections 299 Beware of charging a phone from a public port 301 Protect the Heart of Your Phone 302 Wireless charging overnight 303 Secure your power cables 304 Set Up Emergency Call and SOS 304