It often happens - you use software, but you don’t even fully understand what it can do. So you can say about the Google Chrome browser. He is fraught with a lot of secrets. And as part of this article, the author will reveal the functionality of setting up the Google browser .
Common features
A feature of the browser is that it can synchronize with services from Google. Thanks to this, there is the possibility of easier access to your profile in Google Plus, various bookmarks, passwords, personal data and settings. To activate this feature, just by launching Google Chrome , sign in. The fastest access is through the link in the upper right corner. There is also support for functioning in the “incognito” mode, when the browser tells the sites that it does not want to be monitored (although it is not a fact that the network resource listens to its request), and the visit history and data are not saved. From the start page, all suitable applications are available. To add a site to your bookmarks you just need to click on the asterisk in the address bar. Setting up Google mail provides the ability to forward letters to another mailbox.
Recovering Recent Opened Pages and Data
To do this, go to settings. You can see the designation "Startup Group", which selects what will be opened first when the browser starts. In this capacity, you can set a standard page, the last opened or arbitrary (pre-specified). Here you can see that Google Chrome supports the import of passwords, bookmarks and a significant amount of other data into other browsers. A subject change is also possible. Google Account settings can be configured so that the information associated with it is stored on a virtual disk, from where it can be extracted. In general, the principle of cloud storage in the past five years has been able to gain unprecedented popularity. Now you can bind the necessary information to your account and access it using any device that supports working with the database. Documents, settings for applications, preferences, and much more can be saved, which allows to improve the interaction of a person with cloud storage and the whole Google system in general.
Additional settings
About them we can say that there are a lot of them. You can customize hints, connect a spell-checking system, configure navigation, speed up page loading and protect against various negative aspects of staying on the World Wide Web. At the same time, you can decide whether the browser will offer to save the password and fill out forms. There are also options for editing language settings and whether the site’s language will automatically be translated to the one that is installed as the system one. Here you can configure how the design of the pages of the site will be loaded, and choose the font with which everything should be displayed.
Downloads and Extensions
The former provide access to all files that were downloaded using a browser to the computer. The documents themselves can already be deleted, but until the story is cleared, information about them will be stored in Google Chrome. Now we pass to the category "Extensions". Here you can choose add-ons that will give the browser additional functionality. But the more of them there are, the more significant part of the RAM will be spent on maintaining their functioning. If you overdo it, the computer may freeze altogether.
History
This category contains information about the sites that were visited, and, if indicated, passwords are stored (in encrypted form). Thanks to it, you can return to the network resource where the user has been and wants to wander about it. There is also the possibility of data cleaning, both of all at the same time, and only parts of them.
Assistants
The article would be incomplete if we did not consider the Google settings on Android. Therefore, let's move from a browser to assistants that can work with mobile operating systems. At the moment, the most popular are Cortana, Siri, and Google Now. The latter is of most interest. Often, Google Now is criticized for being deprived of humanity and unable to joke like the other two assistants do. But now is not about that. Google Now is now closing the top three, with a significant margin in intensity of use. If they are now resorting to his services, it is only to ensure voice search. Although the settings of the "Google" account allow you to get a good helper. Therefore, we suggest now to learn about opportunities that few people know about:
- You can give the command "Turn on Bluetooth / Wi-Fi." Of course, they will not directly launch this telephone functionality. But the settings menu will open, where you can go to a specific section and perform the necessary actions.
- “Turn on the flashlight” - automatically activates the stationary lighting that is on the device.
- "Send message" - the ability to quickly transfer text information to one of the phone's contacts.
- To activate an arbitrary program, you must say "Open [application name]". Additionally, let us say that if you say “camera”, the camera will start. “Record a video” - recording will begin.
- When you use the "Play Music" command, Play Music will automatically start. Immediately after this, the playback of the recordings begins.
- You can also set an alarm.
- If you say “Change the brightness of the display”, a window will open where you can adjust the screen of the phone.
Features of working with assistants
It should be noted that Google Now has one important difference from other assistants - automatic recognition of the language in question. True, this function is still in beta testing, which allows users to identify numerous shortcomings. It should also be noted the “seriousness” of Google Now - from it you will not hear jokes, as from other assistants. For some it’s a plus, for others it’s a minus, the third is generally all the same. An important advantage of this assistant is that when asked using the “What is ...”, “Who is it ...” constructions, he will be able to show not only the answer, but also if the information is available on a trusted site (such as Wikipedia or the like) , then the first few lines will be voiced. That is, you can maintain voice communication without being distracted from your main business.
Conclusion
As you can see, there are quite a few different nuances, and the Google Account settings allow you to get a valuable virtual assistant (if you figure out what and how). Some of them are known to advanced users. But if a newbie reads the article, then there will be a lot of useful things for him if you think about how to use it. Of course, it cannot be said now that these opportunities will be able to satisfy all the needs of people, but nevertheless, we are gradually moving towards increasing the level of comfort in life.