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Placing and Receiving Calls
Dialing by Voice
You can search for and dial a contact by speaking, rather than by using
the Phone tab or touching a contact’s number.

To place a call by speaking

You can call a contact by using Google search by voice.
1 Touch and hold the Search Key until the Speak now prompt
appears.
2 Say “Call” followed by the name of the contact to call.
If Google search by voice finds a match, it dials the contact’s default
number.
For details about setting a contact’s default number, see “Editing
Contact Details” on page 90.
Options During a Call
When a call is in progress, you have various convenient features at your
disposal, such as muting your microphone or using the speakerphone.
For information on how to initiate a conference call, see “Managing
Multiple Calls” on page 80.

To mute the microphone during a call

▶ Touch the Mute button Mute
Speaker
Bluetooth
.
The Mute button lights up to indicate that the microphone is muted.
The Mute icon will appear in the Status Bar to remind you that the
microphone is turned off.
When viewing the current call screen, you can unmute the
microphone by touching the Mute button again.
The microphone is unmuted automatically when the call ends.