LG Nexus 4 User Manual

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Stocks
Shown 
periodically for 
stocks you’re 
tracking. For 
more details, 
see About 
Stocks card.
Tr a f fi c
Shown before 
your usual 
commute 
times.
Tr ave l: 
Currency
Shows the 
latest currency 
conversion 
information for 
your location. 

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Travel: Nearby 
attractions
Shown when 
you’re near 
well­known attractions, 
such as 
restaurants, 
museums, 
cafes, and 
so on.
Travel: Time 
back home
Shown 
periodically 
when you’re 
in a different 
time zone than 
usual. 

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Tr ave l: 
Translate
Shown when 
you’re visiting 
a place with 
a different 
language, to 
help translate 
words and 
phrases.
Weather
Periodically 
displays 
weather  for 
home, work , or 
your current 
location.
About Gmail Cards
Gmail cards are based on confirmation mes­
sages sent to the Gmail account you’ve se ­ 

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lected for use with Google Now. For example, 
cards appear before restaurant reser vations 
you’ve made with OpenTable or when you re­
ceive email updates for packages in transit. 
Gmail cards typically include links to oth ­
er useful information, such as a link to the 
email on which the card is based, or direc ­
tions to a restaurant or hotel from your cur ­
rent location.
Yo u  can  turn  Gmail  cards off or on  at any 
time  .To  do  so from  the main  Google  Now...

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phone, which are then compared to typical 
movements involved in walking or cycling.
This information isn’t available unless you’ve 
turned on location reporting and history for 
at least one of your Android devices. If you’ve 
turned these on for more than one device, 
the location histor y card reflects the one you 
used most often that month.
For more information, see “Control location 
access, repor ting, & histor y.”
About the Stocks card
The  Stocks  card displays...

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To change  Stock card settings  from the main 
Google  Now screen  ,go to Settings  > Google 
Now  > Stocks .
Search settings
To view Google Search settings, including 
those for Google Now, scroll to the bottom of 
the Google Now screen and touch 
 Menu 
> Settings.
The  first  three  types  of  settings  are  de ­
scribed here. For Privacy and accounts, see 
the next section.
Google Now
Google Now settings let you turn Google 
Now on or off. If you turn it on, you’re taken...

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cards  and  related  notifications  from  the 
Google Now settings screen.
Options for each card var y. Most include a 
Notifications  section  that  lets  you  control 
how you’re informed when a card changes. 
Typically, you can choose between Off, Low 
priority, or Standard notifications.
Low  priority  notifications  appear  at  the  bot­
tom  of  the  notifications  shade  without  any 
additional  signal.  Standard  notifications  ap ­
pear like the others, in...

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• Language. The language you select here 
for Voice Search input and output can be 
different from the language displayed by 
your phone.
• Speech output.  To turn on speech output 
only when you’ve got a headset attached 
to your phone, select  Hands-free only.
• Block offensive words.  Check to ensure 
that search results with offensive lan ­
guage are blocked.
• Hotword detection.  When this is checked, 
you can say “Google” when viewing the 
Google Now screen rather than...

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IMPORTANT: To detect when you say 
“Google” to launch Voice Search or 
Voice Actions, Google analyzes sound 
picked up by your phone’s microphone 
in inter vals of a few seconds or less. 
The sound is immediately discarded 
after analysis and is not stored on the 
device or sent to Google.
Phone search
Phone search settings let you select which 
apps on your phone are included in Google 
searches.
Privacy & accounts
These settings control the account for use with Google...

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• From the Google Now screen:  Menu > 
Settings > Privacy & accounts.
• From your phone’s main Settings app:  
Settings  > Accounts > Google > Search.
Touch each setting to learn more:
• Google Account.  The account used with 
Google Search and Google Now.
• Manage location history.  Opens Google 
Maps settings, where you turn location 
settings and location repor ting on or off.
• Google location settings. Lets you turn 
location access by all Google apps on or 
off. If...