Ok Google

Get started with the Google Assistant on your tablet.

You can find info and get things done with the help of the Google Assistant. Ask it questions and tell it to do things.

Talk or type to the Google Assistant

Talk

On your tablet, tap the microphone symbol in the Google search bar or say “Ok Google” or “Hey Google”.
Ask a question or say a command.

What you can ask the Google Assistant on your tablet

You can ask your Assistant for information and for help with everyday tasks.

Start a conversation

On your tablet, touch & hold the Home button or say “Ok Google” or “Hey Google”.

Examples of what you can ask
To get ideas, ask “What can you do?” Your Assistant can help you:
Get local info

1. Weather: What’s the weather today?
2. Food: Find pizza restaurants nearby.
3. Business hours: Is Walgreens still open?
4. Navigation: Navigate home.

Communicate

1. Emails: Send an email.
2. WhatsApp: Send a WhatsApp message to Sam.

Plan your day

1. Alarms: Wake me up at 7 a.m.
2. Traffic: How’s the traffic to work?
3. Reminders: Remind me to do laundry when I get home. Remind me to call Mom every Sunday.
4. Flights: Is United flight 1463 on time?
5. Make reservations: Make a reservation for two at Cascal next week.

See photos & media

1. Photos: Show my pictures of the beach.
2. Music: Play some Jazz music. Next song.
3. YouTube: Watch a cute puppy video on YouTube.

Ask Google

1. Game updates: Who won the Warriors game?
2. Calculations: What’s 20% of 80?
3. Dictionary: What does “gregarious” mean?
4. Translations: How do I say “Nice to meet you” in French?
5. Search: Search for summer vacation ideas.
6. Image search: Find pictures of kittens.
7. Web answer: How do you remove wine stains from a rug?

Control your smart home

1. Lights: Dim the living room lights.
2. Thermostats: Set the heat to 70. Lower the temperature 2 degrees.

Get around your tablet

1. Change  settings: Turn on WiFi. Increase the volume. Decrease the brightness.
2. Control your tablet: Turn on the flashlight.
3. Find things in your apps: Search for tablets on Amazon. Search for Kanye West on Twitter.

Have fun

1. Get to know your Assistant: Do you dream? What’s your favorite color?
2. Games: Let’s play a game. Give me a trivia question.

Entertainment: Tell me a joke. Tell me something interesting.

Control your settings

1. Check and change common settings
2. From the top of your screen, swipe down once with one finger to see the Quick Settings short bar, or with 2 fingers to see the full panel.
3. See all settings
4. Adjust settings for your network, sound, security, and more in your device’s Settings app  . Open Quick Settings and tap Settings .
5. Manage settings for the Google app
6. Open the Google app by tapping the Google app icon .

Quickly change common settings
Get to settings you use often — like brightness, airplane mode, and battery — from anywhere on your device with Quick Settings.

Open Quick Settings
To see your short Quick Settings bar, swipe down once from the top of an unlocked screen.
To see your full Quick Settings panel:

1. If your tablet is locked, swipe down once.
2. If your tablet is unlocked, swipe down once with 2 fingers, or twice with one finger.
3. If your Quick Settings bar is open, tap the Down arrow .

Adjust settings or see status details
To turn a setting on or off, or to see its status:

1. Open Quick Settings.
2. Tap the setting. Settings are white when on and dimmed when off.

Manage screen & display settings
You can change your screen’s brightness, font size, display size, rotation settings, and more.

Change display settings

1. Open your device’s Settings app  .
2. Tap Display.
3. Tap the setting that you want to change.

Use screen brightness settings

1. Brightness level
   1. To set your screen’s brightness, tap Brightness level and move the slider .

• Adaptive brightness

1. 1. To automatically fit your screen’s brightness to the light around you, use  Adaptive brightness. Adaptive brightness is on by default. You can adjust your brightness level while adaptive brightness is on.

• Night Mode

1. 1. To make it easier to look at your tablet in dim light, you can switch to a darker theme. You can set Night Mode to turn on automatically from sunset to sunrise, or at other times.

Use display settings
Screen settings

1. Wallpaper
   1. Choose from default wallpapers, live wallpapers, and your photos.
2. Sleep / Screen timeout
   1. Change how long it takes for your device’s screen to go black when you’re not using it.
3. Screen saver
   1. Set up a screen saver to show photos, colorful backgrounds, and more when your device is charging or docked.
4. Ambient display
   1. Set your device to show lock screen content when a notification comes.

Visibility settings / Screen zoom and font

1. Font size
   1. Change the font size your device shows.
2. Zoom
   1. Adjust the zoom level to increase or decrease the size of content on the screen.
3. When device is rotated
   1. Change how your screen shows what’s on the screen when you turn your device. (This option won’t show if you’ve turned off “Auto-rotate screen” in accessibility settings.)

Add or remove an account
You can add accounts to your Android phone or tablet. When you add an account, information associated with that account automatically syncs with your device. To get apps from the Google Play Store, you’ll need an account on your device.
If you’re using a device with multiple users, make sure to sign in as the right user before changing account information.
Note: Android isn’t the same on all devices. These instructions are for devices running Android 7.0 and up.

Add an account to your device

1. Open your device’s Settings app  .
2. Tap Cloud and accounts > Accounts > Add account.
3. Tap the type of account you want to add.
   1. To add your Google Account, tap Google. When you sign in with a Google Account, the email, contacts, calendar events, and other data associated with that account automatically sync with your device.
   2. To add a different personal account, tap Personal (IMAP) or Personal (POP3). You’d generally choose these if you use an email program like Microsoft Outlook or Apple Mail. 
4. Follow the on-screen instructions.
5. If you’re adding accounts, you may need to enter your device’s pattern, PIN, or password for security.

Remove an account from your device
When you remove an account from your device, everything associated with that account is also deleted from your device. This includes email, contacts, and settings.

Bluetooth

Connect via Bluetooth
To connect to a Bluetooth device, first turn on your phone or tablet’s Bluetooth. Then, the first time you use a new Bluetooth device, pair it with your phone or tablet. After pairing, devices can connect with each other automatically.
Important: On a tablet that multiple people use, each person can change the overall Bluetooth settings.
Note: Android isn’t the same on all devices. These instructions are for devices running Android 5.0 and up.

Turn Bluetooth on or off

1. Open your device’s Settings app  .
2. Under “Connections” tap Bluetooth.
3. Tap the  On/Off switch.

At the top of your screen, a Bluetooth icon  shows when Bluetooth is on.
Tip: To save battery, turn off Bluetooth when you’re not using it. Bluetooth is off in Airplane mode.
Pair & connect a Bluetooth device
Before you can connect to a Bluetooth device, you must pair your phone or tablet with it. After you pair your devices, they stay paired until you unpair them.
While Bluetooth settings is open, nearby devices can see phones and tablets running Android 5.0 and up.

Pair a Bluetooth device

1. Open your phone or tablet’s Settings app  .
2. Under “Connections” tap Bluetooth.
3. Make sure Bluetooth is turned on and your device is set to visible.
4. Your phone or tablet will scan for and display all available Bluetooth devices in range. If your Bluetooth device doesn’t show, tap More     Refresh.
5. Tap the name of the Bluetooth device you want to pair with your phone or tablet.
6. Follow the on-screen steps.

Tip: If you need a passcode and don’t have it, try 0000 or 1234 (the most common passcodes).

Connect to a Bluetooth device
After pairing with a Bluetooth device, you can connect to it manually. For example, you can connect manually when you want to switch devices or reconnect after a device comes back in range.

1. Open your phone or tablet’s Settings app  .
2. Under “Connections” tap Bluetooth.
3. Make sure Bluetooth is turned on.
4. In the list of paired devices, tap a paired but unconnected device.

When your phone or tablet and the Bluetooth device are connected, the device shows as connected in the list

Reset your Galaxy Tab S4 to factory settings

You can remove data from your Galaxy Tab S4 by resetting it to factory settings.
Important: By performing a factory data reset, all data will be erased from the device. While any data stored in your Google Account will be restored, all apps and their associated data will be uninstalled. Make sure you back up your data before you do a factory data reset.

Before you start
Backup your data
Make sure that your photos, files, and other data on your device are backed up before you reset your device.

Plug your device into a power source
Erasing your data may take some time, so make sure that you plug your device into a power source before you start.
Reset your device

1. Open your device’s Settings app .
2. Tap general management > tap Reset > tap Factory data reset
3. Follow the prompts to perform the reset. If you have a screen lock, you’ll need to enter your pattern, PIN, or password.