NEXUS 7 GUIDEBOOK USE GOOGLE NOW & SEARCH 41
your commute is like when you wa ke up in the morning. It also
uses information from Goo gle service s such as your Web Histo ry
for sports or flight up dates, or from your sy nced calenda r entries
for appointment remin ders.
About Google Now cards
A Google Now card is a short s nippet of useful infor mation that
slides into view right whe n you’re most likely to need i t. For ex-
ample, here’s a trafc ca rd:
To see some sample cards from the m ain Google Now screen,
touch Menu > Sample cards. When you’re nished and want
to get back to the main Google Now s creen, touch Hide sample
cards.
In addition to the cards show n in the list of samp les, you may also
see a Public Alerts car d.
Public Alerts provid e emergency infor mation from source s such
as the National Weather Ser vice and the U.S. Geolo gical Survey.
Coverage is currently pr ovided by a limited numbe r of key part-
ners, only in the United S tates (excepting U.S. Geo logical Survey
earthquake alerts). Go ogle can’t guarantee t hat you’ll see every
relevant alert. Howeve r, Google Now attem pts to show you what ’s
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