Strong individually – even better together: Your networked world!
Together things are much easier! This also applies to your technology. We explain how the Google ecosystem can make your everyday life easier, entertain you and help you to work more productively and stay fit.
This article was created in cooperation with Google.
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Operating the TV with your smartphone, navigating with your smartwatch and continuing to watch the same video on another device – that’s no problem if your devices use the Google ecosystem and support the respective function. Benefit from the almost limitless possibilities of the world’s largest mobile platform. Experience in everyday life how easy life can be thanks to the seamless interaction of compatible devices that Android enables you.
In the following we will show you practical application scenarios with compatible Android devices in the three areas entertainment, productivity and fitness.
Entertainment with Google: Turn technology on & head off
Fast Pair with Chromecast Built-In
One tap on the Chromecast icon and your music will start streaming from the compatible speakers.
Image: © Google 2021
Cinema feeling at home – you can have that if all your compatible devices can be seamlessly connected and communicate with each other. transfer “Chromecast Built-In” Content from the small mobile phone display to the big TV. Your smartphone with Google easily connects to a TV with a built-in Chromecast via WiFi. You can start films, series, YouTube videos and more on your smartphone and continue watching them on TV – or vice versa. Fast Pair also works with Chromecast speakers and many of your favorite music tracks or podcasts. Just tap the Chromecast icon — and sit back.
By the way: thanks Continue Watching Features you always watch or listen on the new device exactly where you got off the other device. This makes it very easy to change rooms if another person needs quiet to make a phone call or to vacuum.
Who needs a remote control?
Don’t get annoyed anymore if the remote control has disappeared into some sofa crack and seems to be untraceable. Use instead Your compatible smartphone as a remote control! This is much more convenient anyway, as it allows you to enjoy the benefits of a keyboard. It’s really easy with the Google TV or Google Home app, then typing in your Netflix password won’t be a pain anymore.
Instead of the smartphone, a compatible smartwatch with Wear OS can also be used – the Wrist remote control. If it’s just a matter of quickly skipping a song, you don’t have to dig out your cell phone first. A tap on the smartwatch will do the trick too.
Be more productive with Google: Simpler, smarter & safer
Compatible Chromebooks and smartphones with Google work seamlessly together.
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Whether in the smart home, at work or on the road in the car – compatible Google devices ensure simple and efficient processes everywhere. It starts with connecting to networks and doesn’t end with sharing documents. Always stay up to date Notifications on all your compatible devices and simply use whatever device you have at hand. Your smartphone is in another room, but you want to quickly reply to a message? This is also possible with the Chromebook – or with the Smartwatch.
When all compatible devices communicate with each other, many things become easier. That tiresome typing of passwords is no longer necessary, if you want to connect to the wifi. Your devices can automatically dial into networks that you have already used with your Google account and that you trust.
Here you will find an overview of the highlight features relating to productivity*:
- WiFi & password synchronization: Share trusted networks with all your compatible devices. Automatically connect without the hassle of typing in passwords.
- Instant tethering: Always stay online, even if the Internet goes down on the Chromebook. Simply use your compatible smartphone as a WiFi hotspot. When the Internet is back, it will automatically switch back.
- Nearby share: Share documents and files between Android devices and Chromebooks even when you’re not online.
- PhoneHub: Interact with your compatible smartphone when it is in another room. Use your Chromebook to reply to cell phone messages or ring your phone to find it.
- Smartwatch synchronization: Receive and answer smartphone notifications on your smartwatch with Wear OS, make calls from your wrist, mute your smartwatch and smartphone in sync and navigate with Google Maps on your watch display.
- Google Pay: Pay securely and quickly with your compatible smartphone with Google or your Wear OS watch and leave cash and bank cards at home. You can also use the app to share restaurant bills with your friends.
- “Find my device”: Find your lost Android smartphone, tablet or Chromebook. Locate the device, play a sound, lock it remotely, display a message for potential finders or erase your data.
- Smart lock: Tired of cumbersome unlocking with a password? Use your phone as a key to automatically unlock your nearby Chromebook.
- Digital Car Key: Did you know that your Android smartphone can also replace the car key? Provided you have a compatible vehicle model, you can use your cell phone to unlock or start the car.
- Fast Pair with Android Auto: In the car, thanks to Fast Pair, only one tap is required to connect the smartphone to the entertainment system in your vehicle.
- Google Home Routines: Operate your compatible smart home devices on the go and create routines to save energy. Then, for example, the lights and heating switch off when you leave the house or apartment.
- Google Assistant routines: Create personal routines at fixed times, such as getting up and going to bed. Let the Google Assistant know which yoga video you like to start the day with and which podcast helps you to fall asleep.
*Applies to Android devices running Android 12.
Fitter through the day with Google: wake up more gently & start with more energy
Your daily form index tells you whether you can go full throttle today…
Image: © Google 2022
… or you should rather take it easy.
Image: © Google 2022
Whether Wear OS smartwatch or Fitbit tracker – your compatible wearable and your compatible smartphone with Google are a real dream team. They can be connected to each other in no time at all, and the wearable also sends important health and fitness data to your mobile phone. From this, the device creates your personal daily form index: You can see at a glance whether you’re ready for a sweaty workout or whether it’s more about relaxation today. Factors such as sleep quality and heart rate variability are also included in the evaluation.
Wearable data can potentially help you spot irregularities in your heart rate, breathing rate, resting heart rate, and blood oxygen levels. This can possibly provide information about your state of health and fitness and allows you to take specific measures. Get to know your body better – and listen to it.
Going full throttle all the time is of course not a good idea. Don’t underestimate the importance of a good night’s sleep! If you sleep deeply and sufficiently, you have more for the next day. So that you can be supported to start the morning as rested as possible, Google has this Smart wake feature developed: Your compatible smartwatch or compatible Fitbit tracker registers when you are in a light sleep phase and wakes you up during this period. A good start sets the stage for a day of productivity, entertainment, and fitness—with Google!
Reference-www.turn-on.de