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(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)By Darren John Nelson
Copyright © 2014 Gold Medal Solutions, Inc
(6)fashion, with no infringement intended or inferred
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(8)From the Author
I sincerely hope that you enjoy and can benefit from this book to get the most out of Google Now My passion for
(9)hesitate to contact me at
darren@goldmedalsolutions.com
(10)(11)Table of Contents
Introduction
Why You Need This Book What is Google Now?
How Do I Get Google Now on My Smartphone? Here is How!
(12)iOS Version and the Android Version of Google Now?
Google Now Settings: Helping Google Now to Deliver the Content That You Need
Google Now Functionality and the “Cards”!
The Google Now Voice Commands and Reference Guide
(13)Keep Track of Your Monthly Activity with the Activity Summary Card Never Print a Boarding Pass Again with the Boarding Pass Card
Never Miss an Appointment with the Next Appointment Card
Know Your Commute Times with the Traffic and Transit Card
(14)Your Weather, Wherever You Are with the Weather Card
Get to the Restaurant On Time with the Restaurant Reservations Card Quickly Access Your Event Information with the Events Card Your Hotel Information When You Need it With the Hotels Card Tracking Your Important Packages with the Packages Cards
(15)Location with the Location Reminders Card
Get a Reminder When A New Movie Opens at Theaters with the Event Reminder Card
Get Personalized Sports Scores with the Sports Card
(16)Concerts Card
Check the Stock Market with the Stocks Card
Keep Current with the Breaking News Card
The New Books and New Video Games Cards
(17)Find the Right Word Quickly with the Translation Card
What’s Nearby? Find Out with the Nearby Places Card
Ready for New Music? Find it with the New Albums Card
All Aboard with the Public Transit Card!
(18)Find it with the Photo Spots Card Need to Know How Many Pesos to the Dollar? Check the Current Currency Rate with the Currency Card
Get Updates About New Content on Your Favorite Websites with the Website Update Card
Find Out What’s On Television Now with the Watch Now Card
(19)the New TV Show Card Use Google Now to Identify Television Shows and Songs More About the Awesome Google Now Reminders
Learn How to Quickly Add Events to Your Calendar with Google Now Learn How to Set A Timer or Alarm with Google Now
(20)Translations!
Opening an App on Your Smartphone the EASY Way!
Need Help Calculating the Tip? Let Google Now Make it EASY!
Time to Wake Up! Setting Your Morning Wake Up Alarm
Using Google Now to Call, Email or Text Your Contacts
(21)Personalized Sports Updates with Google Now for Sports
Find Out the Current Weather for Any Location
Using Google Now for Web Browsing
Using Google Now for Entertainment Do You Have the Time? Find the Current Time for Any Location in the World with Google Now!
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(23)Introduction
Google Now is one of the most exciting things that I've written about! Not only because what Google Now can today, but for the promise of what Google Now will eventually evolve into As Google continues to improve this product, you can see how it will become much better, much more accurate and much more integrated with your daily life
(24)anticipating what information you're going to need at what time, Google Now will continue to become one of the most innovative products that Google has ever produced
I would anticipate that Google will continue to push forward with home automation and also with Google Now possibly in motor vehicles The
consistent experience that Google Now is able to provide will continue to grow in all aspects of our lives
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(26)Why You Need This Book
Google Now is evolving into one of Google’s most valuable and useful products ever! It was awarded
“Innovation of the Year” for 2012 by Popular Science magazine and will continue to evolve as time goes on It does take a little time and practice to use it but it can dramatically improve your life
(27)an Apple device or Google Android device get the most out of Google Now as quickly as possible The book will explain all of the capabilities of Google Now as well as providing a reference tool that you can refer back to as you continue to learn about Google Now and as Google Now continues to evolve
(28)(29)What is Google Now?
Good personal assistants help you when asked but great personal assistants
anticipate your requests and act
(30)time in India?” Google Now is superior to other personal assistants because it is built on top of Google’s own search engine We will cover all of the voice commands for Google Now later in the book
Google Now is also passively
(31)and traffic reports are all automatically delivered to the user
This is one of the first steps into what will evolve into one of the greatest
Google products ever As you go through the book, you will be excited and
(32)How Do I Get
Google Now on My Smartphone? Here is How!
(33)(34)(35)If you are using an iOS device like an iPhone or iPad, search for “Google” on the Apple app store You will see
(36)(37)Depending on which device you use, the information or process that you will go through to setup Google Now will be similar Just say “I’m in!” and then sign in using your Google account In most cases, the app will recognize that you have a Google account or Gmail
account on your device and will use that information If you don’t have a Gmail or Google account and want to be able to fully utilize Google Now, I
(38)(39)(40)To get the full Google Now experience, you need to use several Google services If you don’t use many Google services, Google Now will be somewhat limited on the quantity and quality of data that it can provide to you Using Gmail as your primary email service is the most
beneficial tool to Google Now to proactively deliver the information to you that you need Things like hotel reservation information, airline flight information or package tracking
(41)(42)What are the Differences
Between the iOS Version and the Android Version of Google Now?
(43)Now Because of the closed nature of iOS and the inability of apps to talk to one another, the Google Search or Google Now app may not be as functional as the Android version I expect that Apple will everything in its power to give it Siri personal
assistant an advantage over Google Now
(44)(45)Google Now
Settings: Helping Google Now to Deliver the
Content That You Need
(46)(47)(48)(49)(50)(51)(52)(53)(54)The next setting screen is the “Voice” settings This allows you to modify the settings around speech recognition Most of these should be let at the default
(55)(56)The next section is the “Accounts & privacy” section You will want to play close attention to these settings Google Now asks some of these questions in the course of asking what type of
(57)(58)(59)(60)The last section on the Android version of Google Now is the “Help &
(61)(62)(63)Google Now
Functionality and the “Cards”!
(64)“cards”
(65)(66)(Image provided by Google, Inc.) If you would like to view the most current list of cards available, please
visit the Google site here:
http://www.google.com/landing/now/#cards
(67)(68)The Google Now Voice Commands and Reference
Guide
(69)used for searching the web They can be used to send email, create appointments and reminders, as well as opening apps on your smartphone
(70)Initiate the Google Now voice interface by first saying “OK Google” followed by the commands below
General Commands
“Search for [sharks, cats, television shows,etc]” “Say [hello] in [spanish, croatian, italian, etc]” “How you say [I’m hungry] in [Italian]”
“What is a [dinosaur, bird, football]”
(71)[Google, Apple, IBM]” “Who discovered [gravity, America, chickenpox]” “How old is [William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Hugh Hefner]”
“What is the definition of [antagonize, philanthropy, internet]”
“How big is [the earth, Texas, the Pacific Ocean]” “Where is my package” Open [app name]
Notes & Reminders
(72)at [7PM]”
“Remind me to [wash
clothes, feed dog] when I get [home, work]”
“Wake me up in [2 hours]” “Wake me up at [7:30 AM tomorrow]”
“Set alarm for [7 PM]” “Note to self: [I am sitting in section G]”
“Set timer [2 hours]”
Time & Date
“What time is it in [Zagreb, Bogota, Hong Kong]”
(73)[Honolulu, Taipei City, Ahmedabad]”
“What time zone is [Denver, London, Brussels]”
“Calendar event: [8PM Saturday], [dinner with friends]”
“What time is it”
“What does my schedule look like”
“When is [Labor Day]”
Communication
(74)[Message: I will be there shortly]”
“Send [SMS] to [Tiffanie] [home, or mobile], [bring the snacks]”
“Send [Text] to [Tiffanie], [bring home bread]”
“Contact [Mike, Tiffanie, Sean, etc]”
Post to [Twitter], [message]
Weather
“Weather”
“Is it going to rain [today, tomorrow]”
(75)[London, Honolulu, Anchorage]”
“What is the weather in [London] on [Friday]”
Maps & Navigation
“Map of [Tuscon]” “Show me the closest [Starbucks, McDonalds, Pharmacy] on map
“Navigate to [New York] in car”
“Navigate to [Destin] on foot”
(76)“Directions to [Wal-Mart / street address]”
“What are some restaurants near by”
Conversions & Calculations
“What is the tip for [$59]” “Convert [12
inches/measurement] to [feet/measurement]”
“What is [75/number] times [2/number]”
“What is [75/number] plus [2/number]”
(77)[144]”
How many calories are in a apple”
Sports
“How are [the Miami Heat] doing”
“When is the next [Miami Heat] game”
“Show me the [NFL playoff] schedule”
“Did the [Dallas Cowboys] win their last game”
(78)“Flight [DAL975]”
“Flight status of [DL 1178]” “Has [DL 1161] landed” “When will [DL 2042] depart”
“When will [DL 2138] land”
Web Browsing
“Go to website [Yahoo]” “Open website [Destin Shines]”
“Show website [microsoft.com]”
(79)Entertainment
“Listen to [Led Zeppelin]” “YouTube [Minecraft videos]”
“Who acted in [Titanic]” “Who is the director of [Jaws]”
“What is the runtime of [Goodfellas]”
“When was [North by Northwest] released” “Listen to TV”
“What’s this song”
“What is the theme song to [Gilligan’s Island]”
(80)[Thor]”
Easter Eggs
“Do a barrel roll” “Make me a sandwich” “What is the loneliest number”
“When am I”
“Ok Jarvis” (instead of Ok Google)
“Who are you”
“How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood”
(81)You can also download and print a copy of these commands by visiting this
Google Doc link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MHRV0dBMDb2E-
(82)Don’t Get Caught Off Guard! Check Out the Public
Alerts Card
(83)(84)(85)(86)(87)Keep Track of Your Monthly Activity with the Activity Summary Card
(88)your device accelerometer and location information
The information from this card isn’t available unless you have enabled
Location Reporting and Location History on your device If you have turned that functionality on for more than one device, the summary will reflect the information from the device that you used most for that month
(89)(90)(91)(92)Never Print a Boarding Pass Again with the Boarding Pass Card
The boarding pass card is another handy and convenient card This card is
generated from the flight confirmation information that is sent to your Gmail account Google interprets this
(93)boarding pass card which can be
(94)(95)(96)Never Miss an
Appointment with the Next
Appointment Card
The next appointment reminds you of upcoming appointments on your calendar If you have associated a
(97)Click the Navigate button to launch the navigation app with turn-by-turn
(98)(99)(100)Know Your
Commute Times with the Traffic and Transit Card
The traffic and transit card gives you an approximation of your commute time and traffic from your current location
(101)(102)(103)(104)Keep Up to Date with Commercial Flight Schedules with The Flights Card
(105)want to know if the flight departed, if the flight landed or if there are delays, this card will report that information to you It will also let you know the terminal and gate numbers Just search for the flight number in Google Now Very handy!
(106)(107)(108)Your Weather, Wherever You Are with the Weather Card
(109)If Google Now as incorrectly
anticipated your needs, you can click the button with the three dots and tell
Google Now not to report the weather for this location
(110)(111)(112)(113)Get to the
Restaurant On Time with the Restaurant
Reservations Card
(114)directions and time to the restaurant as well as give you direct access to the email containing this information You don’t have to ask Google Now for this information it anticipates and produces this information automatically It doesn’t get much more convenient than that
(115)(116)(117)Quickly Access Your Event
Information with the Events Card
(118)information
(119)(120)(121)Your Hotel
Information When You Need it With the Hotels Card
(122)(123)(124)(125)Tracking Your Important
Packages with the Packages Cards
If you order a lot of goods online, you will like this card! The packages card is automatically generated whenever you receive an order or shipping
(126)delivery times The track package button will link you directly to the package carrier so that you can see up to the minute package details You can also link directly to the email with additional package information This card is
(127)(128)(129)(130)Get a Reminder at a Specific Location with the Location Reminders Card
The locations reminder card is what is displayed for you when you set a
reminder for yourself As we covered in the voice commands section of the
(131)garbage when I get home”, “Remind me to let the air out of the boss’ tire when I get to work” or “Remind me to get milk at Wal-Mart”
(132)(133)(134)Get a Reminder When A New
Movie Opens at Theaters with the Event Reminder Card
(135)(136)(137)(138)(139)Get Personalized Sports Scores with the Sports Card
(140)(141)(142)(143)(144)(145)(146)(147)(148)(149)(150)Go See a Movie When You are
Close to a Theater with the Movies Card
(151)(152)(153)(154)(155)(156)The Invaluable Time Reminders Card
The time reminders card is self
explanatory This will be the card that displays if you have set a reminder to something at a certain time You can push this reminder to a later time if you aren’t able to respond to the reminder at that time
(157)(158)(159)(160)(161)(162)(163)See Your Favorite Stars with the
Concerts Card
(164)(165)(166)(167)(168)(169)Check the Stock Market with the Stocks Card
The stocks card will display real-time information about the stocks that you are interested in If you have used Google Now to search for a stock quote in the past, Google Now will predict that you may want updates on that stock again and provide this stocks card for you
(170)(171)(172)(173)(174)(175)Keep Current with the Breaking News Card
The breaking news card will display news stories that you may be interested in Google Now predicts what news that you may be interested in based on your related searches From this card, you can click the link to read more about the in story
(176)(177)(178)(179)The New Books and New Video Games Cards
(180)(181)(182)(183)The Fandango Movie Tickets Card
(184)(185)(186)(187)Is There Anything Going On Nearby? Find Out with the Nearby Events
Card
The nearby events cards are produced from events sites like eventful or
reverbnation where artists can promote their schedules It matches the location of these events with your current
(188)events that are nearby The events could be anything from music festivals to live theater
(189)(190)(191)Find the Right Word Quickly with the
Translation Card
(192)great way to quickly find the properly translated word no matter where you are
(193)(194)(195)(196)What’s Nearby? Find Out with the Nearby Places
Card
If you occasionally travel to new cities or areas, you will appreciate the nearby places card This card will make
(197)(198)(199)(200)Ready for New Music? Find it with the New Albums Card
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