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Look at the new LG G4 software

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<i><span style="font-size: large;">If you're counting down the days until the 28 April unveiling of the LG G4 flagship, then you'll be interested in a new teaser video launched by the firm. It shows the LG UX 4.0 interface you can expect to see on the version of Android Lollipop shipping with the phone.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">According to Google Translate's take on LG's Korean blurb, the new software is going to be "smarter" and more "human-centred". You can see for yourself in the video, but it looks like Material Design features heavily, with bright and bold colours throughout.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">It sounds as though there'll be plenty of customisation options for you to play around with, and there's a new Quick Shot feature that lets you quickly take a photo even when the screen is locked - handy if there's something hilarious about to happen and you don't want to miss it.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Putting the smart in smartphone</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Smart Alert is a weather app that doesn't just tell you what the forecast is - it also makes suggestions about what you might want to do. The Calendar app, meanwhile, has been updated to let you drag and drop in events from your social media accounts.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Smart Board (can you spot the theme here?) brings together key information from various apps like health and calendar into one widget. Icons and readability have been improved according to LG, and the Gallery app has also been tweaked to make it easier to organise your pictures.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">A new 'expert' camera mode in the LG UX 4.0 has been introduced too, designed for advanced photographers to get more from their mobile phone shots with a range of manual settings. In a few weeks time we'll be able to test it out for ourselves.</span></i></div>
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How to enable Smart Lock for Google Apps accounts

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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>How to enable Smart Lock for Google Apps accounts</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Google recently launched its Smart Lock feature on Chromebooks, where a user can unlock his or her laptop simply by having an Android device nearby.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>The feature was easy to setup on Gmail account, but as noted in this guide walking users through the setup process, my Google Apps account was lacking the feature altogether.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>After some troubleshooting, reaching out to Google's PR team, and subsequently talking with Google Apps Support, I was able to figure out the process for enabling Smart Lock on an App account.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Since Smart Lock is disabled by default for Google Apps users, you'll need to have admin privileges or ask the admin for your account to enable it.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>You can do this one of two ways. The first and easiest, is to visit admin.google.com and sign in to your account. From there, click on Device Management followed by Chrome. Enable Smart Lock and Save Changes.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>However, I ran into issues after receiving the above directions. When I went to the Device Management panel, Chrome was nowhere to be found. Eventually I discovered you can access Chrome settings by signing into your admin page (same link as above) and clicking on Apps followed by Additional Google services, then Chrome Management. As with the previous method, once you're on this screen you simply need to enable Smart Lock and save the change.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>After enabling the new feature, restart your Chromebook and then follow the directions outlined here to get it up and running.</i></span></div>

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How to enable Smart Lock for Google Apps accounts Google recently launched its Smart Lock feature on Chromebooks, where a user can un...