Samsung SM-T217SZWASPR - Manual (Page 45)

Accounts and Messaging
Set up accounts on your tablet, to synchronize information between your tablet and accounts.
Google
Many of your tablet’s applications, such as Gmail, Google Maps, Google Talk, and the Google
Play Store, require a Google account. To use these applications, you must set up your Google
account on your tablet. Setting up your account on your tablet syncs your tablet and your online
Google account.
Create a Google Account
If you do not already have a Google account, you can create one online or using your tablet.
Note
: Although you need a Gmail account to use certain features of your tablet, such as Google
Play Store, you do not need to use Gmail as the default account for your tablet.
Create a Google Account Online
1. From a computer, launch a Web browser and navigate to google.com .
2. On the main page, click SIGN IN > SIGN UP.
3. Follow the on-screen prompts to create your free account.
Create a Google Account Using Your Tablet
1. Press and touch > Settings.
2. Touch Add account > Google > New.
3. Follow the on-screen prompts to create your free account.
Access Gmail
Below are procedures for accessing your Gmail account.
1. Press and touch
Apps
> Gmail.
2. Do any of the following:
 View more email messages: If the Inbox is full, swipe your finger up the screen to
view more messages and conversations.
 Read a new email message: Touch the unread message or the conversation with
an unread message (just-arrived items display in bold).
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