8 Control
Volume keys
Press the volume keys to change ring
volume (in the home screen) or
earpiece volume (during a call).
When playing music or videos, press
the volume keys to adjust media
volume.
Tip: When your phone rings, press a
volume key to quickly silence your
ringtone.
Speak
Voice actions
You can do a lot of things just by talking to your
phone—call or text your friends, get directions, set an
alarm, and more.
1 Touch and hold Search .
Tip: You can also touch in the Google™ Search
widget in the home screen.
2 Say what you want to do.
If your phone doesn’t understand what you said, it
presents a list of search terms and actions you can touch
to choose.
Some actions, like “send email” and “note to self,” open
a panel that prompts you to complete the action by
speaking or typing more information.
Voice Action Commands
Say Followed by
words you
want to
search for
Example: “Recent movies.”
contact
name
Example: “Mike LeBeau” (opens
Mike’s contact card).
“Call” Contact name & optionally, “home”,
“mobile”, or “work.”
Example: “Call Mike LeBeau at
home.”
“Call” Digits of a phone number.
Example: “Call 650 555 1234.”
“Call” Business name.
Example: “Call Ruth’s Floral Shop.”
“Map of” Address, name, business name, type
of business, or other location.
Example: “Map of Golden Gate Park,
San Francisco.”