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AUG-2.3-103 Android User’s Guide
Searching your phone and the web
You can use Google Search to find information on the web as well as items and
information on your phone. You can also use Voice Search to search the web by
speaking, instead of by typing.
Search your phone and the web by typing
1 Press the Home button to return to the Home screen.
2 Press the Search button .
The Google search box opens, where you can enter what you want to search for,
above shortcuts to previously chosen search results and voice action commands.
In applications such as Gmail and Contacts, the application’s own search box
opens when you press the Search button . These search boxes are identified by
the application’s own icon in the search box. See the documentation for those
applications for information about searching in them.
You can also open Google search by touching the Search widget on the Home
screen, if you have added it there. See “Add dedicated Search widgets to your
Home screen” on page 98.
3 Start entering what you want to search for, or touch a previously chosen search
result.
Touch to search by voice.
Shortcuts to previously chosen search
suggestions.
Touch to change the target of your
search.