NEXUS 7 (2013) GUIDEBOOK GOOGLE NOW & SEARCH 39
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Google Now & Search
About Google Now
Google Now gives you just the right information at just the right
time. Swipe up from the bottom of your tablet to get commute
trafc before work, popular nearby places, your favorite team’s
current score, and more.
You can turn Google Now on or off at any time. Swipe up the same
way and touch
Menu > Settings > Google Now. If the keyboard’s
covering the menu, touch the modied
Back button to lower
it.
After you decide to start using Google Now, you don’t need to do
anything else. If you like, you can ne-tune some settings, but
Google Now doesn’t need any elaborate setup. The information
you need is always at your ngertips.
To know when to display what information, Google Now uses con-
textual data from your tablet and from other Google products,
plus data from third-party products that you allow Google Now
to access.
For example, Google Now uses the time of day, your current lo-
cation, and your Location History to show you what the trafc on
your commute is like when you wake up in the morning. It also
uses information from Google services such as your Web History