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Next, speak the terms to sea rch for or the Voice Action to per -
form. For more details on Voi ce Actions, see “u se Voice Actions”
on page 37
The ability to trigger a s earch or action by saying “Goog le” is
called hotword detection. To turn it off or on, sta rt from the
Google Now screen and touc h Menu > Setting s > Voice > Hotword
detection.
IMPorTAnT: To detect when you say “Google ” to launch
Voice search or Voice Action s, Google analyzes sound
picked up by your tab let’s microp hone in inter vals of a few
seconds or less. The sou nd is immediately d iscarded after
analysis and is not stored on t he device or sent to Goog le
servers.
For more information abo ut Voice Actions, see “use Voice A c-
tions” on page 37 and”Voice Ac tions commands” on page
38.
Search by typing
Type your query in the searc h box on the Home scree n or Google
Now card, or in Google Chro me’s omnibox.
As you type, suggestio ns appear below t he search box.
The rst few suggestions attempt to complete what you ’re typing:
• To search for a suggest ion immediatel y, touch it.
• To search for the contents of the search eld, touch the Sea rch