Google settings you do not know about

So often it happens - you use the software, and you do not even fully understand what it can. So you can say about the Google Chrome browser. He conceals a lot of secret. And within the framework of this article, the author will reveal the functionality of the Google browser settings .

Common Features

The peculiarity of the browser is that it can synchronize with the services from "Google". Thanks to this, there is a possibility of easy access to your profile in Google Plus, various bookmarks, passwords, personal data and settings. To activate this feature, just launch Google Chrome and log in. The fastest access is via the link in the upper right corner. There is also support for operating in incognito mode, when the browser tells the site that it does not want to be followed (although it is not certain that the network resource will listen to its request), and the history of visits and data is not preserved. From the start page, all suitable applications are available. To add a site to the bookmarks, just click on the asterisk, which is located in the address bar. Customizing the mail "Google" provides the ability to forward letters to another box.

Restore the last open pages and data

To do this, go to the settings. You can see the "Start group" designation, which selects what will be opened first when the browser starts. In this capacity, you can specify a standard page, the last open or arbitrary (previously specified). Here you can see that Google Chrome supports the import of passwords, bookmarks and a significant amount of other data into other browsers. It is also possible to change the topic. The settings of the "Google" account can be configured in such a way that the information associated with it is stored on the virtual disk, from which it can be extracted. In general, the principle of cloud storage in the last five years was 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 many other things can be saved, which allows improving the interaction of a person with a cloud storage and in general with the entire "Google" system.

Additional settings

About them you can say that there are a lot of them. You can set up hints, connect a spell checker, configure navigation, speed up page loading and protection from various negative aspects of being on the World Wide Web. At the same time, you can decide whether the browser will offer to save the password and fill out the forms. Also, there are options for editing the language settings and whether the site language will automatically be translated to the one that is installed as the system language. Here you can configure how the design of the site pages will be loaded, and select the font that should all be displayed.

Downloads and extensions

The first provide access to all the files that were downloaded from the browser to the computer. The documents themselves can already be deleted, but until the history is cleared, information about them will be stored in Google Chrome. Now go to the category "Extensions". Here you can select add-ons that give the browser additional functionality. But the more they are there, the more significant part of the RAM will go to support their functioning. If you overdo it, the computer may hang at all.

History

In this category there is information about sites that were visited, and, if there was an indication, passwords are stored (in encrypted form). Thanks to it you can return to the network resource on which the user visited and wants to wander through it. It is also possible to clean up data, both simultaneously and only part of them.

Assistants

The article would be incomplete if we did not consider the settings of "Google" on "Android." So let's move from browser to helpers that can work with mobile operating systems. At the moment, the most popular ones are Cortana, Siri and Google Now. The most interesting is the latter. Often Google Now is criticized for being devoid of humanity and can not joke like the other two assistants do. But now it's not about that. Google Now is now closing the top three, with a significant margin in terms of usage. If to his services now and resort - that only to provide voice search. Although the settings of the "Google" account allow you to get a good helper. Therefore, we suggest now to find out about opportunities that few people know:

1. You can give commands "Turn on Bluetooth / Wi-Fi". Of course, they will not directly launch this phone functionality. But the settings menu will open, where you can go to a specific section and perform the necessary actions.
2. "Turn on the flashlight" - automatically activates the stationary lighting that is on the device.
3. "Send a message" - the ability to quickly transmit text information to one of the phone contacts.
4. To activate an arbitrary program, you need to say "Open [application name]". In addition, we will inform you that if you say "camera", then the camera will start. "Record a video" - the recording will start.
5. When you use the "Play Music" command, Play Music will automatically start. Immediately after this, the playback of the recordings will begin.
6. You can also set an alarm clock.
7. If you say "Change the brightness of the display," a window will open where you can customize the phone's screen.

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. However, this function is still in the beta testing stage, which allows detecting numerous shortcomings to users. Also note the "seriousness" of Google Now - from it you will not hear jokes, as with other assistants. For some it's a plus, for others it's a minus, the third does not care. An important advantage of this assistant is that when the question with the application of the structure "What is ...", "Who is this ..." 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 announced. 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 settings of the "Google" account allow you to get a valuable virtual assistant (if you understand what and how). Some of them are known to advanced users. But if the article is read by a beginner, then there will be a lot of useful information for him if you think about how to use it. Of course, now it can not be said that these opportunities will be able to meet all the needs of people, but nevertheless we are gradually moving towards an increase in the level of comfort of life.