LG Nexus 4 User Manual

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Along with location histor y, Google Now 
uses Google’s location ser vice and GPS. To 
manage these settings from the Google Now 
screen, touch 
 Menu > Settings > Privacy 
and accounts > Location services .
For more details, see  “Control location ac­
cess, repor ting, & histor y.”
About Web History & other data
Google Now uses data from multiple sources 
to help predict what you need. For example, 
if you have a synced calendar entr y for a 
dentist appointment, Google Now can check 
traffic and suggest when to leave. And if you 
have relevant searches saved in your Web 
Histor y, such as for your favorite spor ts team 
or for upcoming flights, Google Now can also 
show cards for spor ts scores, flight status, 
and more.
To manage your Web Histor y, visit  google.
com /histor y . You can delete or pause your 
Web Histor y and still use Google Now, but  
						

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cer tain kinds of information, such as flight 
details, won’t show up.
Use Google Now
To view the Google Now cards that are wait­
ing for you at any par ticular time, swipe up 
from the bottom of your phone, or touch 
Google  on any Home screen.
Google Now displays cards when they’re 
most likely to be useful and relevant based 
on the current time and your current loca ­
tion. To expand that search and get addition ­
al ones, touch Show more cards  at the bot­
tom of the main Google Now screen.
When  you’re  finished  with  a  card,  just  swipe 
it away to dismiss it from the Google Now 
screen. Don’t worr y – it appears again when 
a new update is available.  
						

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Edit card settings
To change the settings for an individual 
Google Now card:
• To u c h   Menu > Settings  on the card.
 OR
• From the lower right corner of the Google 
Now screen, touch  Menu > Settings > 
Google Now .
The Google Now settings screen appears, 
where you can turn a specific card  On or  Off 
or adjust its settings. After you turn off a 
card, it won’t appear when you open Google 
Now.
Dismiss cards
To dismiss a card from the Google Now 
screen, swipe it away. The card will return the 
next time it’s relevant, which may be hours or 
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Adjust notifications
When a card has a new update, you’ll receive 
a  notification  at  the  top  of  your  screen.  You 
can  pull  down  the  notifications  shade  to 
open the card or dismiss the notification.
Most notifications for Google Now cards can 
be turned off or set to low or standard prior­
ity.  Low  priority  notifications  appear  at  the 
bottom  of  the  notifications  shade  without 
any additional signal. Standard notifications 
appear like the others, in chronological order, 
and you can set vibration and a ringtone to 
accompany them.
To  set  notifications  to  low  or  standard  prior ­
ity for an individual card that suppor ts both 
options:
• To u c h   Menu  > Settings  when the card 
appears.
 OR
• From the lower right corner of the Google 
Now screen, touch  Menu  > Settings >  
						

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Google Now, and adjust the settings un ­
der  Notifications . 
To change ringtone and vibrate options for all 
standard notifications, star t from the Google 
Now screen, touch 
 Menu > Settings > 
Google Now, and adjust the settings under 
Standard Notifications. 
Turn off Google Now
Turning off Google Now stops the display of 
cards and returns Google Now settings to 
their defaults.
1. Open the Google Now screen.
To u c h   Google  on a Home screen, or swipe 
up from the bottom of your phone while 
viewing any screen.
2. To u c h   Menu > Settings >  Google Now, 
then slide the switch at the top right to 
Off.
3. In the Turn off Now cards dialog, decide 
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histor y. If you do, check Also turn off Lo-
cation history.
Turning off location histor y may affect 
the way other Google products work.
4. To u c h   Tu r n o f f .
Turning off Google Now and location histor y 
doesn’t delete existing histor y or turn off lo ­
cation reporting. For more information, see 
the next section, “Control location access, 
reporting & history.”
Control location access, 
reporting, & history
This section describes how to set your home 
and work addresses and manage other loca ­
tion­related features used by Google Now. 
Define home & work
As you use Google Now, you may be asked 
to confirm your home or work address to get 
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more. You can change these addresses in 
several other ways:
• When  a  Traf fic  card  appears  for  home  or 
work, touch  Menu > Edit.• On the main Google Now screen, go to 
Menu  >  Settings  >  Google  Now  >  Traffic, 
then edit Home  or Work  under Locations .
• On the main Google Now screen, go to 
Menu  >  Settings  >  Google  Now  >  Traffic , 
then edit Home  or Work  under Locations .
• Open  the  Latitude  app,  find  your  own  lo ­
cation, touch your name on the map, and 
then  Location history > Change home lo -
cation / Change work location.
• Visit  maps .google. com from a browser 
and open  My Places .
• Visit https://www.google.com/latitude/b /0/history/dashboard  from a browser, 
click  Change  next to Time at Work or Time 
at Home, edit the address, and click  Save.
You can turn off and delete your location his ­
tor y and still use Google Now, but cer tain 
kinds of information, such as commute traf ­
fic, may be limited or won’t show up at all. 
						

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Turn off location reporting & history 
To turn off both location repor ting and loca­
tion history for your phone:
1. Go to  Settings  > Google > Maps & 
Latitude .
This brings you to the  Location settings 
screen for Google Maps. 
2. To turn off location repor ting, touch  Lo-
cation reporting > Do not update your 
location .
3. To turn off location histor y, uncheck  En-
able location history .
Delete location history details 
Even if you turn off both location repor ting 
and location history, your previously record ­
ed histor y is still available to Google ser vices 
such as Google Now.
To delete location histor y details, follow 
these steps from a desktop computer: 
						

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1. Open a web browser and make sure you’re 
signed in with the account whose loca­
tion histor y you want to manage.
2. Visit  http://google.com/locationhistory . 
A page appears that allows you to view 
your location histor y for any date.
3. To delete all your recorded location his ­
tor y, click  Delete all history.
Alternatively, from this screen you can 
delete a por tion of your location histor y 
star ting from a date you choose in the 
calendar.
4. Click OK.  
Turn off location access for your phone
Even when location repor ting and location 
histor y are turned off, Google can periodical ­
ly repor t data for use by various apps from 
sources such as Wi­Fi, m obile networks, and GPS to determine your precise location at 
any given time. 
To turn off access to precise location infor ­
mation for your phone, go to 
  Settings   
						

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> Personal > Location access and slide the 
switch to Off.
IMPORTANT:  Turning off location ac ­
cess for your phone also turns it off for 
Google Now, other Google apps, and 
third­par ty apps. That means that no apps can receive your precise location 
information and many useful features 
will be disabled.
To keep location access on, you must keep 
GPS satellites, Wi-Fi & mobile network loca -
tion,  or both settings checked.
If you prefer, you can turn off location access 
by Google apps while still permitting its use 
by non­Google apps – just go to Settings > 
Accounts > Google > Location settings.
For more information about location access 
settings, see “Control location access, re ­
porting, & history.”