LG Nexus 4 User Manual

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Search & Voice Actions basics
To use Google Search, touch Google on any 
Home screen or swipe up from the bottom of 
your phone.
You can use Voice Actions with Google 
Search to get directions, send messages, 
and perform a number of other common 
tasks.
Voice Search & Voice Actions
You can initiate a Voice Search or Voice Ac ­
tion in several ways:
• Touch the  Microphone icon in the Google Chrome omnibox. • Touch the  Microphone icon on the Home screen or Google Now screen...

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screen, you don’t have to touch any thing. 
Just say “Google.” 
Next, speak the terms to search for or the 
Voice Action to perform. For more details on 
Voice Actions, see “Use Voice Actions.”  
The ability to trigger a search or action by 
saying “Google” is called hotword detection.  
To turn it off or on, star t from the Google Now 
screen and touch Menu > Settings > Voice > 
Hotword detection.  
IMPORTANT: To detect when you say 
“Google” to launch Voice Search or 
Voice...

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see “Use Voice Actions”  and ”Voice Actions 
commands.”
Search by typing
Type your quer y in the search box on the 
Home or Google Now screen, or in Google 
Chrome’s omnibox.
As you type, suggestions appear below the 
Search box.
The  first  few  suggestions  attempt  to  com ­
plete what you’re typing:
• To search for a suggestion immediately, 
touch it.
• To search for the contents of the search 
field,  touch  the  Search  icon  on  the  right 
side of the keyboard. 

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Search tips & tricks
What you 
wantWhat to type 
or sayExamples
Sports 
information [team’s name]
San Francisco 
Giants
Pictures Pictures of 
[topic]
images of 
[topic]Pictures of San 
Francisco
Images of cats
Conver t mea ­
surements [original mea
­
surement] 
in [new mea ­
surement] 30 degrees 
Celsius in Fahr
­
enheit
Movie show ­
times Movie
Movie [loca
­
tion]
[movie name] Movie
Movie Chicago
The Horse’s 
Mouth 

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Word defini­
tion Define [word]
Define cam­
panile
Weather fore ­
cast Weather
Weather [loca
­
tion] Weather
WeatherDetroit
Identif y an 
area code Area code 
[###]Area code 215
Identif y zip 
code Zip code 
[#####]Zip code 46202
Time Time 
Time [loca­
tion] Time 
Time in London
Flight infor ­
mation [Airline] [flight 
number]American air­
lines flight 390
Translation Translate to 
[language] 
[phrase]Translate to 
Spanish, Where 
is the Palace 
Hotel?’ 

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Calculator[A math 
phrase]75 divided by 6
Food [Type of food]
[Type of food] 
in [location]Mexican food 
Mexican food in 
Urbana, Illinois
Use Voice Actions
You can use Voice Actions with Google 
Search to get directions, send messages, 
and perform a number of other common 
tasks.
You initiate a Voice Action the same way you 
initiate a voice search, by touching a 
 Mi­
crophone icon in a search box or the Chrome 
omnibox, or by saying “Google” when the 
Google Now screen is...

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• “Set alarm for 8:30 a.m.”• “Send email to Marcus Foster. Subject: 
Coming tonight? Message: Hope to see 
you later.”
• “Navigate to Mike’s Bikes in Palo Alto.”
As you speak, Voice Search analyzes your 
speech and initiates the action.
If Voice Search doesn’t understand you, it 
lists a set of possible meanings. Just touch 
the one you want.
Some Voice Actions, such as “send email” 
and “note to self,” open a panel that prompts 
you to complete the action by speaking or...

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of alternate transcriptions, or to edit by 
speaking or typing.
When  confident  that  the  transcription 
is accurate, Voice Search displays tran­
scribed words as regular text. Words or 
phrases for which it has provided alter ­
nate transcriptions are underlined.
• Touch a button at the bottom of the win ­
dow  to  add  any  optional  fields  (you  can 
also speak the name and content of any of 
these fields in your original voice action).
• When you’re done, touch the...

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SayFollowed byExamples
Words you 
want to search 
for “bike shoes”
“ Map of ” Address, 
name, 
business 
name, type of 
business, or 
other location “Map of 
Golden Gate 
Park, San 
Francisco.”
“ Directions to ” 
or “ Navigate 
to ” Address, 
name, 
business 
name, type 
of business, 
or other 
destination “Directions to 
1299 Colusa 
Avenue, 
Berkeley, 
California” 
or
“Navigate 
to Union 
Square, San 
Francisco.” 

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Contact name“Mike LeBeau” 
(opens Mike’s 
contact card)
“ Go to ” Search string 
or URL “Go to Google.
com
”
“ Send email ”One or more 
of: 
“ To” & contact 
names, “Cc” 
& contact 
names, “Bcc” 
& contact 
names, “Sub
­
ject ” & subject 
text
“Message” & 
message text 
(speak punc ­
tuation) “Send email 
to Hugh Briss, 
subject, new 
shoes, mes
­
sage, I can’t 
wait to show 
you my new 
shoes, period.”
“Note to self ” Message text
“Note to self: 
remember the 
milk”