- Hello and congratulations on your new Pixel.
Throughout this video, I'm going to walk you through some
of the helpful features on Pixel
and share some tips and tricks to get you started.
Before we start, if you have a phone,
let's make sure you've switched over successfully.
Use this link for information
on how to switch over your device.
This link is also in the description of the video.
Pause the video while you do that.
Okay, welcome back.
Let's get started.
The Google Pixel has made its phone
and apps more accessible than ever.
Here are a few helpful features you should know about
and how to turn them on in your phone.
Live Transcribe
enables you to capture speech and sounds
and see them as text on your phone screen in real time.
Suppose you are meeting a hearing person,
such as ordering a coffee or at the dinner table
or meeting someone new.
Live Transcribe helps you communicate in the moment.
Live Transcribe is already installed in your Pixel.
To turn it on, follow these steps.
First, open your device's settings app,
tap accessibility,
then tap Live Transcribe,
then tap open Live Transcribe.
To accept the permissions, tap okay.
Make sure that you've connected to the internet
with either Wi-Fi or your network.
Hold your device microphone near the person
or sound that you want to capture.
The microphone is usually located
at the bottom of your device.
Toggle on accessibility button
to add a shortcut on your home screen.
Another helpful feature is Live Caption.
Live Caption is auto-captioning provided by Google
that can caption media on your Pixel
from the web, media streaming and phone calls.
To turn it on,
first, press the volume button.
Under the volume controls, tap the Live Caption icon.
When Live Caption is on,
captions appear for speech in media playing on your device.
You can also select for captions to appear
during calls with your Pixel.
The person on the other end of the call is notified
with a voice announcement that captions are on.
To learn more about Live Caption and setting preferences,
open settings on your device,
tap sounds and then Live Caption.
Next is the Recorder app on Pixel phones.
With Recorder, you can instantly transform audio into text
so that you can search,
edit and share your recordings later.
This can be useful for classroom notes
or any documents that you want to store.
It's fast, it's easy,
and it even works without an internet connection.
Do you have a four hour lecture?
No problem.
Recorder tags your transcripts with summary keywords
so you can quickly navigate to find what you need
and you can search later.
You can also edit your transcript,
which will automatically change the audio too.
Snip the bits that you don't need,
save and share with others.
To use it, on your phone, open the Recorder app,
tap record,
your phone will record even if the screen goes to sleep.
While recording, you'll see a currently recording message
in your notifications.
When you're done, tap pause and then save or delete.
You can explore more accessibility features
and customize your phone experience
through the Android Accessibility Suite.
To access the Accessibility Suite
and create shortcuts to your most used features,
open your device settings
and tap accessibility.
Now we want to talk about the Pixel's camera.
Easily one of the Pixel's best overall experiences,
this helps you take stunning photos.
You can capture the moment
and remember it exactly as it was.
A tip for accessing your camera,
hit the power button twice.
Once it's open, you can activate selfie mode
by flicking your phone twice
and the camera will automatically turn around.
Go into the camera app and explore all the modes
that it has to offer,
but here are a few.
Night Sight.
With Night Sight, you can take pictures in low light
or of the night sky without the flash.
Keep the phone as still as you can
or use a tripod for the best outcome.
Ultra Wide Lens.
Take pictures that capture the full scene or a large group.
An ultra wide lens captures more of the scene
and it won't look like a fishbowl,
plus the built-in software
automatically corrects any lens distortion.
Portrait Mode.
Portrait Mode allows you
to capture amazing portrait photograph
and in combination with Night Sight
it helps you capture people with rich, stunning detail,
even after sundown.
Google Lens.
Google Lens allows you to search what you see.
Navigate to Lens and point it
at something you want to search,
a flower, an insect, a piece of clothing, or shoes,
and it will help search it on the internet for you.
Lastly, I want to show you a couple
of Pixel's key safety features
to put you in control of your own safety.
Get help in an emergency
using the Pixel's Personal Safety app.
The Personal Safety app is available on all Pixel phones
and will be downloaded automatically on Pixel 4 and later.
With the Personal Safety app,
you can schedule a safety check.
If you want your phone to check on you
and let your emergency contacts know if anything is wrong,
you can schedule a safety check.
For example, you can use a safety check
when you walk in an unfamiliar area or go to a party
and make sure your emergency contacts
can be notified if you need.
Here's how to turn it on.
Open the Personal Safety app,
tap safety check,
select your reason and duration,
you can set the check for 15 minutes
to eight hours into the future,
then tap next,
select your contacts,
tap turn on.
If you turn on notifications for your emergency contacts,
they'll be notified
when a safety check is scheduled and ended.
When it's time to check in, you'll get an alert
for 60 seconds before emergency sharing begins.
If you mark yourself safe,
the emergency share will be canceled.
You can stop the safety check at any time
through the notification.
If you don't choose one of the options within 60 seconds,
emergency sharing will begin.
When you get the notification,
choose one of the options.
I'm okay, don't share,
start sharing now, this will end future safety checks,
call 911.
If your phone turns off or loses signal,
the safety check will remain active
and will start an emergency share
with your last known location
at the scheduled check-in time.
Car Crash Detection.
From your Safety app,
if your phone detects you've been in a severe car crash,
it can also call emergency services automatically,
like 911 in the U.S., and share your location.
Here's how to turn it on.
Open the Safety app,
tap settings,
under detection and alerts, tap car crash detection,
turn on car crash detection.
When asked to share your location, tap allow all the time,
when asked to share your microphone
and physical activity, tap allow.
If you're in an accident, here's what will happen.
Your phone will vibrate, ring loudly
and ask if you need help,
both aloud and on your phone screen.
You will have 60 seconds to respond.
To call emergency services, tap the emergency button twice
or say emergency.
Your phone will turn on speakerphone automatically.
To cancel the call, tap I am okay or say cancel.
Your phone won't make an emergency call.
If you don't respond,
your phone will automatically turn on speakerphone,
try to call emergency services,
share that a car crash happened,
and share your device's approximate location for you.
Additionally, if you're in an emergency situation,
you can use your phone to trigger emergency actions
like calling for help,
alerting your contacts of your location
and recording video.
This is called Emergency SOS.
Here's how to turn it on and set your settings.
Open your phone's settings app,
tap safety and emergency,
Emergency SOS,
turn on use Emergency SOS,
decide which emergency actions should trigger
when you use Emergency SOS,
turn on the actions you want to use
between calling an emergency number,
sharing your location and updates
with your emergency contacts,
and/or recording an emergency video to share or save.
To access these settings in an emergency situation,
on your phone, press the power button five times or more.
A five second countdown begins
before emergency actions are started.
If you trigger an Emergency SOS by mistake,
you can cancel the emergency actions during the countdown.
After the five second countdown,
emergency actions are started depending on your settings.
If you turned on emergency sharing and video recording,
these actions can be started
while your call is placed to emergency services.
I hope that information helped you get up to speed
on using your Pixel.
Now, for more, check out this playlist of videos here.