If you own an Android phone, that also means you have a Google account. Google would like you to know that this account isn’t just there for show — it’s there to unlock a bunch of cool services on your smartphone.
To help out Android newbies, Google has created a whole page dedicated to “78 things you didn’t know you could do with Google“ to provide users with the basics they need to help them get the most out of Google’s services.
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Some of these tricks — such as asking Google Chrome to remember the passwords on your favorite websites — are not things that we'd recommend for security purposes. That said, there are some pretty useful hints for Android beginners on here and we'll go through some of our favorites below.