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Overview: Getting Started Guide

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lightbulb Get started now! Go to m.google.com/search in your phone's mobile web browser.
Search Google from your phone, and never say "I don't know" again.

Just go to Google.com in your phone's web browser or download Google Mobile App to search by voice and access additional features.



Learn more about Google Search on your phone:
Android | BlackBerry | iPhone | Nokia S60 | Windows Mobile | Other

Find more Google products for your phone:
Android | BlackBerry | iPhone | Nokia S60 | Windows Mobile | Other



Getting started

Mobile Web Search

On most phones, open your phone's mobile web browser and go to google.com.

Note: On iPhone & iPod touch, Android, Palm webOS, and some phones, Google Web Search may already be built into your browser or a search widget.


Google Mobile App (iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Symbian S60)

  • iPhone and iPod touch users can visit the App Store and search for "Google Mobile App" to install it.

  • BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Symbian users:
    1. Open your phone's mobile web browser and go to m.google.com.

    2. If Google Mobile App is available for your phone, you'll see a Download link. Click to install the Google Mobile App.

    3. Continue the download and installation steps on your phone, allowing network access or accepting prompts when asked.

    4. Once the download is complete, look for the Google Mobile App icon on your home screen or in a folder on your phone such as Main, Applications, Games, My Stuff, My Own, or My Downloads.




Features

  • Comprehensive Google results. Get Universal Search on your phone including web, image, local, video, blog, news, books, and maps results to find what you're looking for.

  • Relevance and speed. From weather forecasts to movie showtimes, find common search answers right away without clicking any links.

  • Results formatted for your phone. See a mobile-optimized blend of universal search results, easy-to-press tap-to-call links, expandable map links, and more.

  • Wide availability. Access Google through the browser in 38 languages on any phone with internet access.

  • Easy access. Make Google your home page in your mobile browser to search even faster.


Additional features of the downloadable Google Mobile App

  • Quick Access to Google. Launch Google without having to navigate to google.com.

  • Search by voice.* Speak your queries instead of typing them (English only).

  • My Location. Avoid typing your current location when searching for nearby businesses (e.g. "pizza" or "starbucks").

  • Google Suggest. Search for suggested queries and businesses that appear as you type.

  • Search history. Quickly search again for queries you recently performed.

    * currently available only on Android, BlackBerry, and iPhone.




What can I do?

Need to catch a flight? Repeat your past searches on the go!

  1. Check your flight status: From your home computer, go to google.com and search for your flight (e.g. [ american airlines 19 ]).

  2. Head to the airport: Hurry and hail a cab!

  3. Pull up your past search: Once you're en route to the airport, pull out your Android, iPhone, or Palm webOS device, open google.com on your phone, click the search box, and choose [ american airlines 19 ] from the list of search suggestions.
In order to take advantage Personalized Suggest results, be sure you're signed in to the same Google Account on your computer and on your phone when searching, and make sure that Web History is enabled for your Google Account.

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