Bill Hughes is a marketing strategy executive with more than three decades of experience at several leading corporations. He graduated with honors with an MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He is the author of all previous editions of Samsung Galaxy S For Dummies.

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• Introduction 1About This Book 3Foolish Assumptions 3Icons Used in This Book 3Beyond the Book 4Where to Go from Here 4Part 1: Getting Started with the Samsung Galaxy S21 7Chapter 1: Exploring What You Can Do with Your Phone 9Discovering the Basics of Your Phone 9Taking Your Phone to the Next Level: The Smartphone Features 10Internet access 11Photos 12Wireless email 13Multimedia 13Customizing Your Phone with Games and Applications 13Downloading games 13Downloading applications 14What’s cool about the Android platform 14Surviving Unboxing Day 15Chapter 2: Beginning at the Beginning 19First Things First: Turning On Your Phone 19Charging Your Phone and Managing Battery Life 21Navigating the Galaxy S21 26The phone’s hardware buttons 26The touchscreen 29The extended Home screen 34The notification area and screen 38The Device Function keys 39The keyboard 41The orientation of the phone 42Going to Sleep Mode/Turning Off the Phone 43Part 2: Communicating with Other People 45Chapter 3: Calling People 47Making Calls 47Answering Calls 51Keeping Track of Your Calls: The Recents 54Making an Emergency Call: The 411 on 911 55Syncing a Bluetooth Headset 56Options Other than Headsets 59Chapter 4: Discovering the Joy of Text 61Sending the First Text Message 61Carrying on a Conversation via Texting 66Sending an Attachment with a Text 68Receiving Text Messages 69Managing Your Text History 69Chapter 5: Sending and Receiving Email 71Setting Up Your Email 71Getting ready 72Setting up your existing Gmail account 73Setting up a new Gmail account 75Working with non-Gmail email accounts 76Setting up a corporate email account 82Reading Email on Your Phone 84Writing and Sending Email 85Replying to and Forwarding Email 87Chapter 6: Managing Your Contacts 89Using the Galaxy S21 Contacts App 90Learning the Contacts App on your phone 90Deciding where to store your contacts 92Linking Contacts on your phone 96Creating Contacts within Your Database 99Adding contacts as you dial 99Adding contacts manually 101How Contacts Make Life Easy 102Playing Favorites 104Part 3: Living on the Internet 105Chapter 7: You’ve Got the Whole (Web) World in Your Hands 107Starting the Browser 108Accessing Mobile (or Not) Websites 109Choosing Your Search Engine 111Deciding between Mobile Browsing and Mobile Apps 114Chapter 8: Playing in Google’s Play Store 115Exploring the Play Store: The Mall for Your Phone 116Getting to the Store 116Seeing What’s Available: Shopping for Android Apps 118Navigating the Google Play apps offerings 119Installing and Managing an Android App 122Rating or Uninstalling Your Apps 128Part 4: Having Fun with Your Phone 131Chapter 9: Sharing Pictures 133Say Cheese! Taking a Picture with Your Phone 135Getting a Little Fancier with Your Camera 144Using the Photo mode settings 144Settings options on the viewfinder 146Photo Effects options 148Visualizing What You Can Do with Bixby Vision 148Managing Your Photo Images 150Using Images on Your Phone 151Deleting Images on Your Phone 152Chapter 10: Creating Videos 153Ready Action! Taking a Video with Your Phone 154Taking Videography to the Next Level 158The Video mode settings 158Settings options on the viewfinder 159Messing with the AR Doodle option 160Chapter 11: Playing Games 163The Play Store Games Category 164The Games Home screen 165The Games Categories tab 166Leaving Feedback on Games 169Chapter 12: Playing Music and Videos 173Getting Ready to Be Entertained 174Choosing your headset 174Wired headsets 175Choosing your Bluetooth speaker 177Connecting to your stereo 178Licensing Your Multimedia Files 179Listening up on licensing 179Licensing for videos 180Using the Full Capacity of the Memory in Your Phone 180Enjoying Basic Multimedia Capabilities 182Grooving with the YouTube Music app 182Playing downloaded music 187Jamming to Internet Radio 190Looking at your video options 192Part 5: Getting Down to Business 199Chapter 13: Using the Calendar 201Syncing Calendars 201Setting Calendar Display Preferences 203Setting Other Display Options 206Creating an Event on the Right Calendar 208Creating, editing, and deleting an event 208Keeping events separate and private 211Chapter 14: Mapping Out Where You Want to Be 215GPS 101: First Things First 216Practically Speaking: Using Maps 217Changing map scale 218Finding nearby services 221Getting and Using Directions 224Upgrading Your Navigation 226Chapter 15: Paying with Samsung Pay 229How Mobile Payment Works 230Getting Started with Samsung Pay 232Setting Up Samsung Pay 234Using Samsung Pay 238Managing Samsung Pay 240Adding Loyalty Cards 241Part 6: The Part of Tens 245Chapter 16: Ten Ways to Make Your Phone Totally Yours 247Using a Bluetooth Speaker 248Cruising in the Car 249Considering Wireless Charging Mats 251Making a Statement with Wraps 252You Look Wonderful: Custom Screen Images 253Empowering Power Savings 255Controlling Your Home Electronics 256Wearing Wearables 257Using Your Phone as a PC 259Creating Your Own AR Emoji in the AR Zone 259Chapter 17: Ten (Or So) Ways to Make Your Phone Secure 263Using a Good Case 264Putting It on Lockdown 266Preparing for your Screen Lock option 269Selecting among the Screen Lock options 269Entering your face 271Entering your fingerprints 273Creating a Secure Folder 274Using Knox to Make Your Phone as Secure as Fort Knox 277Being Careful with Bluetooth 278Protecting against Malware 279Downloading Apps Only from Reputable Sources 280Rescuing Your Phone When It Gets Lost 280Wiping Your Device Clean 282Chapter 18: Ten Features to Look for Down the Road 283Your Medical Information Hub 283Better 911 Services 284Home Internet of Things Services to Differentiate Real Estate 285New Delivery Concepts 285Smarter Customer Care for Your Phone 286Smartphone as Entertainment Hub 287Driving in Your Car 288Serving You Better 288Placing You Indoors 289Reducing Your Carbon Footprint 290Index 291