Android smartphones for seniors
Book - 2024
Take command of your Android smartphone. Android Smartphones For Seniors For Dummies is the best no-nonsense guide for members of the older-and-better crowd who want to use their smartphone's features without making a support call. This fluff-free guide shows you the essentials of a smartphone running the Android operating system.
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Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
[2024]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- ix, 324 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBN
- 9781394281572
- Introduction
- About This Book
- Foolish Assumptions
- Icons Used in This Book
- Beyond the Book
- Where to Go from Here
- Part 1. Your Phone in the Android Universe
- Chapter 1. Why Android? What's the Deal?
- A Little Android History
- The Many Flavors (Versions) of Android
- Reasons That People Choose Android
- Why You Need a Google Account
- Accessing your Google account
- Bequeathing your Google account
- So Many Choices!
- Flagship versus mid-range versus feature phones
- Tech support options
- 5G? LTE? 4G? VoLTE? Whaaat?
- A Word about Privacy and Security
- Free usually isn't
- The terms of service can be tricky
- Making the AI decision - what is it really?
- Marsha's sage advice about privacy
- Chapter 2. Buying Your Android Smartphone and Accessories
- Investigate First - Then Make a Buying Decision
- Recognizing types and styles of phones
- Looking at a phone's physical features
- Reviewing before making a decision
- What is the brand's update policy?
- Considering an older model
- Choosing where to buy your phone
- Consider Your Carrier Choice
- Checking out the carrier's coverage area
- Finding senior discounts on carrier service
- You Need a Few Accessories, Too
- Power charging or wireless - volts and watts matter
- MicroSD card
- Phone cases
- Phone sanitizer
- Earbuds, wired or wireless?
- Chapter 3. Activating and Connecting Your Phone
- Unbox Your New Phone
- Insert a SIM Card or Use an eSIM
- Hardware Buttons and What They Do
- Power buttons and your power-down options
- Volume buttons and how they work
- Turn On Your Phone for the First Time
- Connecting to a network
- Setting up a Google account
- Setting up a secure lock
- Restoring data from an older phone
- Learn about Google One and Google Drive
- Learn Android Smartphone Symbols and Gestures
- Swipe, tap, pinch, and more
- Recognizing common Android icons
- Meeting the top status bar
- Exploiting screen navigation and gestures
- Part 2. Getting Started with Your Android Smartphone
- Chapter 4. Safety First: Making Your New Phone Private
- Set Up a Screen Lock
- Checking out the screen locking options
- Following the Lock screen setup process
- Establish Data Backup
- Place Owner Information on the Lock Screen
- Add Emergency Info
- Designating emergency or ICE contacts
- Providing medical information
- Chapter 5. Personalizing Your Handset
- Find and Sort Your Apps
- Move App Shortcuts to the Home Screen
- Group Apps into Folders
- Creating your own apps folders
- Enlarge folders for easy viewing
- Deal with Preinstalled Applications (or Bloatware)
- Get the News (and Other Media) You Can Use
- Customize the Home Screen's Look and Feel
- Finding handy widgets
- Looking for Particularly handy widgets
- Show your creative side with wallpaper and styles
- Try Out the Android Accessibility Suite
- Chapter 6. Android Typing Tricks with Google's Gboard
- Make the Keyboard Decision
- Selecting a keyboard to use
- Noting keyboard features
- Exploring keyboards you have (or can have)
- Check Out Keyboard Contenders
- Gboard, the official Google keyboard
- Samsung Keyboard
- Microsoft Swiftkey keyboard
- Dictate with Voice Typing
- Extended Keyboard and Special Characters
- Learn the Emoji Language
- Delete, Copy, and Paste Text
- Chapter 7. Handling Notifications and Google Assistant
- Meet the Android Notifications Drawer
- Recognizing notification types and settings
- Disabling notifications (or not)
- Controlling notifications via app settings
- Having fun with notifications (or not)
- Taming Google Discover news feed
- Manage Your Phone with Quick Settings
- The first-up Quick Settings
- The full cast of Quick Settings
- Customizing the Quick Settings
- Get the 411 from Google Assistant
- Knowing what you can do with Google Assistant
- Google Gemini versus Assistant
- Part 3. Let's Start Communicating
- Chapter 8. Setting Up and Maintaining Contacts
- Establish Your Phone's Contacts
- Starting out right with Google Contacts
- Importing old address books
- Save Contacts from Email
- Add a Contact in Other Ways
- Importing contacts from texts
- Adding a contact from the call log
- Type a Full Contact in the Contacts App
- Merge Duplicate Contacts and Other Fixes
- Customize, Delete, and Update Contacts
- Chapter 9. Chatting via Voice or Video
- Make a Voice Call
- Making international calls from your phone
- Calling internationally or locally with no contract
- Check Voicemail
- Get Voicemail Transcriptions
- Reply to an Incoming Call by Sending a Text
- Busy? Have Google Assistant Handle Your Calls
- Using Audio Emoji
- Set a Built-in Ringtone
- Spend Face Time with Google Meet
- Chapter 10. Texting with Poise and Character
- Compare Types of Text Messaging
- Turning on RCS chat features
- Using third-party chat apps
- There may be bubbles?
- Dress Up Texts in Google Messages
- The Text Message Bar and Emoji in Gboard
- Find Even More Texting Options
- Share Multimedia in Texts
- Voice-Type (Dictate)
- Manipulate the Text in Your Message
- Act on Text Messages You Receive
- Chapter 11. Managing Email with the Gmail App
- Discover Gmail Features
- Revealing the Gmail app's main menu
- Tending to mailbox organization
- Scoping out the main mailbox
- Send a Gmail Email
- Adding an email signature
- Scheduling an email delivery
- Perform Basic Gmail Tasks
- A table of common email tasks
- Printing an email from Gmail
- Print Other Messages, Documents, and Web Pages
- Link to Other Apps and Gmail Settings
- Part 4. Exploring Your Phone's Handy Apps
- Chapter 12. Choosing and Using a Smartphone Camera
- Examine Smartphone Cameras and Brands
- Paying the right amount of attention to reviews
- Phones with camera brand collaborations
- Take a Camera-Spec Safari
- Enough megapixel, but not too much
- Home in on subjects with zoom
- Exercise Your Android Camera's Capabilities
- Just point-and-shoot either stills or video
- Add Interest with your camera's tools
- Expand your reach with Google Lens visual search
- Access camera features on the scrolling menu
- Go Pro with Pro Mode
- Discovering the Pro settings
- Applying the Pro settings
- Chapter 13. Organizing and Editing Photos
- Find and Organize Photos on Your Phone
- Using the in-phone Gallery
- Using the Albums feature
- Sharing photos in texts, emails, and more
- Backing up your photos
- Edit Your Photos in the Gallery
- Finding editing options
- Applying your phone's photo editing tools
- Playing with filters, colors, and more
- Getting into the Google Photos App
- Organizing Google Photos
- Organize and select a Top Pick with Stacks
- Editing images in Google Photos
- Chapter 14. Google Mobile Services and Apps for Android
- Find Popular Google Apps
- Google Photos
- Storing and retrieving photos
- Syncing and deleting photos
- Sharing with friends
- Searching for photos
- Adding info to help with photo searching
- Google Maps
- Finding your way to an appointment
- Employing the Directions screen options
- Sharing your location
- Google Find My Device Network
- Take Note(s) with Google Keep
- Chapter 15. Useful Apps in Google Play Store
- Frequent the Google Play Store
- Establish App Privacy Permissions
- Connect to Radio (Yes, Radio), Podcasts, and Music
- Configuring your speakers' volume
- Making a wired connection
- Using a Bluetooth connection
- Find Favorite and Fun Apps - a Consensus
- Radio, podcasts, and music
- Video apps
- Travel
- Games
- News
- Books
- Engaging Social Media
- Chapter 16. Marsha's MUST-DO Things for Your Phone
- Make the Orientation Decision
- Take a Screenshot
- Configure Do Not Disturb
- Use Your Home Wi-Fi for Calls and Browsing
- Practice Safety When Using Public Connections
- Use a VPN to secure public Wi-Fi connections
- Beware of charging a phone from a public port
- Protect the Heart of Your Phone
- Wireless charging overnight
- Secure your power cables
- Set Up Emergency Call and SOS
- Establishing SOS messaging
- Activating Emergency mode
- Managing Emergency mode
- Adding on the Pixel Personal Safety app
- Dealing with unknown trackers
- Index