Motorola moto G8 PLUS User manual

User Guide

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Contents
Set up phone 1
About your hardware 1
Insert and remove SIM and SD cards 2
Copy data from old phone 4
Manage dual SIMs 6
Set up voicemail 7
Set up email 7
Prepare for emergencies 8
Make it yours 10
Learn the basics 11
About your home screen 11
About your lock screen 12
What's new in Android 10? 12
New to Android? 15
If this is your first smartphone 15
If you had an iPhone 16
About your Google account 17
Status bar icons 18
Phone terms you should know 22
Get around on your phone 24
Learn gestures 24
Move between apps and screens 25
Use quick settings 26
Turn screen off and on 29
Adjust volumes 29
Frequently used tools 31
Turn flashlight on and off 31
Take screenshots 31
Control phone with your voice 32
Get directions to a location 33
Use Time and Weather widget 34
Manage time spent on your phone 35
Work with text 39
Use onscreen keyboard 39
Cut, copy, paste text 40
Use voice typing 41
Fill in forms automatically 41
Personalize your phone 42
Home screen 42
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Change wallpaper 42
Customize your Favorites tray 42
Add widgets, shortcuts, or folders 43
Remove widgets, shortcuts, or folders 45
Remake your home screen with launchers 45
Lock screen 47
Use a screen saver 47
Sounds 48
Set ringtones 48
Enhance sound 49
Avoid interruptions with Do Not Disturb 50
Stop phone from speaking 53
Other sound settings 55
Silence “Hello Moto” during power up 55
Turn off charging sounds 55
Apps 56
About your apps 56
View two apps on screen 60
View notifications 61
About Moto experiences 62
Manage your apps 64
Install or update apps 64
Manage or delete apps 66
Protect against harmful apps 68
Search and browse 69
Search the web 69
Search your phone 71
Browse websites 72
Text messaging 74
About text and multimedia messages 74
Read, send, manage text messages 74
Add attachments 76
Save attachments from text message 77
Turn group messaging on or off 77
Change default messaging app 78
Control notifications for text messages 78
Change text message reply to incoming calls 78
Get text messages on your computer 79
Email 81
Read, send, manage emails 81
View email attachments 82
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Preview inboxes from home screen 83
Add email signature 83
Control email notifications 83
Calendar app 85
About the calendar 85
Find calendar events 85
Create and manage events 86
Control notifications for calendar events 86
Clock app 88
Set alarms 88
Use timer or stopwatch 88
Set date and time 90
Photos app 92
Share photos and videos 92
Upload photos and videos 92
Calls, contacts, voicemail 94
Phone calls 94
Answer calls 94
Make calls 95
During a call 96
Make video calls 97
Make conference calls 98
Make calls over Wi-Fi 98
Block calls and texts 100
Turn call waiting on and off 101
View and delete call history 102
Make emergency call from locked phone 103
Contacts 104
Add contacts 104
Edit or delete contacts 105
Star your favorite contacts 106
Sort contacts 106
Share contacts 107
Voicemail 109
Use voicemail 109
Send all calls from contact to voicemail 110
Music 111
Listen to music 111
Transfer Play Music library to YT Music 111
Transfer music files 111
Connect a MIDI device 112
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