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Give it a try! Swipe your nger up from the bottom of any screen,
or touch the Google searc h bar at the top of the Home s creen.
When you want to see more cards , touch Show more ca rds at the
bottom of the screen. Whe n you don’t need t hem any more, swi pe
them out of the way.
You’re in control
When you decide to use Googl e Now, you’re turning on Lo cation
Reporting and Locati on History. Google Now als o uses location
information provided by G oogle’s location service an d GPs, if
those are currently turned on.
Google Now also uses data that y ou may have stored in other
Google products. For ex ample, if you have searches stored i n
your Web History, Google Now c an show cards based on spo rts
scores, flight status , and so on.
similarly, Google Now can u se data that you may have stored
in third-party pr oducts that you allow Goo gle to access. For ex-
ample, your tablet’s sy nced calendar may includ e entries from
non-Google calen dar products . if you have a synced ca lendar en-
try for a dentist appoin tment that includ es the dentist’s ad dress,
Google Now can check traf c and suggest w hen to leave.
You’re in control. You can choose e xactly which cards you ’d like
to see, adjust the details of w hat they display, and adjust you r
privacy settings.
For more information about Google Now and your location infor-
mation, see “Chapter 5, us e Google Now & searc h.”