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Wireless Emergency Alerts
Wireless Emergency Alerts, also known as CMAS or PLAN, is a U.S. national emergency alert
system. Emergency alerts can pop up to tell you about a national or local crisis. After you close an
alert, you can reopen it by touching
Apps
>
Message
>
Menu
>
Emergency alerts
.
Tip:
Emergency alerts have a special sound and vibration that is two seconds long, followed by one
second, then another one second.
To choose which types of alerts you receive, touch
Apps
>
Settings
>
More
>
Emergency
alerts
. The U.S. and local governments send these alerts through your service provider. So you will
always receive alerts for the area where you are, and you will not receive alerts if you are outside the
U.S.
For more, visit
www.ctia.org/consumer_info/safety/
.
Hangouts™
Send and receive instant text or video messages to one or a group of friends with Hangouts.
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Touch
Apps
>
Hangouts
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To start an instant message, touch
to choose one or more friends and touch
Message
or
Video call
.
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To take or send a saved photo, touch
.
You can also download other instant messaging apps on Google Play™ Store:
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Touch
Apps
>
Play Store
>
Apps
>
CATEGORIES
>
COMMUNICATION
, and then
choose an app for your provider. Once you download the app, touch
Apps
to see it.
Note:
Your IM options will depend on your IM provider. To browse instant messaging apps from
your computer, go to
play.google.com/store
.