Google Now is a neat feature that provides timely information according to the time of day, your schedule, location and past behaviors. Google Now can deliver the morning traffic or the weather for the day even before you leave home.

With the help of “Cards”, Google Now can be set up to let you know when new information is available. For example, you can even set up a Card to tell you the score of your favorite sports team.

Accessing Google Now

  1. From the Home screen, press and hold the Menu key until Google Now appears.
  2. Another way to open Google Now is to press and hold the Home key and then tap the Google icon.
  3. The first time you open Google Now you will see a few examples with the type of information you will receive when using the feature.
  4. On the Discover Google Now! Screen, tap Next.
  5. You will now see an example with traffic information -> tap Next.
  6. Next you will see an example with flight information -> tap Next.
  7. If you would like to launch Google Now, tap Yes, I’m in.
  8. In case you have more than one Google Account set up on your Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, tap the account that you wish to use.
  9. Then tap Show sample cards to see some examples of cards.
  10. To modify a card, tap Settings -> then follow the on-screen instructions.
  11. Whenever a Card information is updated, you will receive notifications via the Notifications panel.


Note: Since Google Now is a service based on learning from your past behavior, its predictions will improve over time.

Setting up Google Now

  1. From the Home screen, press and hold the Menu key until Google Now appears.
  2. Another way to open Google Now is to press and hold the Home key and then tap the Google icon.
  3. Then press the Menu key, tap Settings and make the desired changes:

    • Google Now All Cards - to select the desired Google Now Cards, turn the Google Now All Cards slider to Off and select the ones you would like to use. You can choose from Activity summary, Birthdays, Events nearby, Flights, Movies, New books, New TV episodes,New video games, News update, Next appointment, Public transit, Reminders, Sports, Stocks, Traffic, Weather and many more.
    • Notifications – by tapping Notifications you can set a new ringtone as well as a vibration pattern form your new notifications, but also uncheck those you don’t want to appear.
    • My stuff – under Places, add your work as well as home address. Under Sports, add your favorite team. Under Stock, add stock market data.
    • Voice – here you can change the speech playback settings.
    • Phone search – select the desired apps that you want to search.

  4. And that's pretty much it! You've successfully set up your Google Now.



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