78 Awesome Tricks You Can Do With Google That You Might Not Know

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
78 Awesome Tricks You Can Do With Google That You Might Not Know
The Google logo is seen at the Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., on Sept. 2, 2011. Kimihiro Hoshino/AFP/Getty Images
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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.