Chapter 12. Downloading and Using Apps
Youâll learn to:
Find and download apps
Use Google Play to download apps
Download apps from the Web and using a barcode scanner
Update, manage, and uninstall apps
Get 13 great apps
WHY DO YOU HAVE the Samsung Galaxy S4 rather than a plain-Jane cellphone? If youâre like most people, itâs for the phoneâs apps, which let you do remarkable things like using your phone as a bar code reader or guitar tuner.
The S4 features plenty of great built-in apps, which are covered throughout this book. In fact, youâve been using apps and may not even know it. When you check your email on the S4, thatâs an app. When you shop at the Google Play Store, itâs courtesy of an app. One of the phoneâs great features, though, is that it lets you download and use new apps as wellâand those new apps do just about everything under the sun (and sometimes things that seem beyond the range of the solar system).
In this chapter, youâll find out how to get and use those apps, as well as how to uninstall and troubleshoot them. Itâll also show you a few of the more amazing Android apps available online.
The Galaxy S4âs Free and Easy Approach to Apps
THE SAMSUNG GALAXY S4 takes a different approach to the use of apps than some other devices in that thereâs absolutely no limitation on what you can download. Androidâs developer, Google, doesnât step in to say ...
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