Access your phone’s files on Googlebook

You can access your files saved on your phone from the Files app on your Googlebook. This makes it easier to browse, manage, and transfer files between the devices.

Before you begin

To access your phone’s files on your Googlebook, make sure you have:

• A Googlebook
• A compatible Android phone that runs Android 17 or higher
• Connected both devices to the same Wi-Fi network
• Turned on Bluetooth on both devices
• Signed in both devices to the same Google Account
• Turned on cross-device services on both devices

Set up your device

On your phone:

1. Open the Settings app.
   • If you have a Pixel phone: Select Connected devices Connection preferences Cross-device services.
   • If you have an Android phone: Select Google All services Cross-device services.
     • Alternatively, on your Settings app, at the top, enter: Cross-device services
2. Select Continue activity.
3. Turn on Files & media.

Find & open your phone's files

1. On your Googlebook, open the Files app .
2. On the left, select your phone’s folder.
   • The folder name is your phone’s device name, such as "My Pixel."
3. To find the files stored on your phone, at the top, search for your files.
   • Find, save & manage files.

Tips:

• You can open and access files on your Googlebook with compatible apps. Availability depends on the file type and app compatibility.
• If you open a file from your phone’s folder on your Googlebook, it’ll automatically download.
• You can pick files from your phone's folder when you attach them in other apps on your Googlebook.
• You can change the name of the phone’s folder by changing your phone’s device name in the phone settings.

Copy files between your devices

You can copy files on your phone and save them to your Googlebook or vice versa.

1. On your Googlebook, open the Files app .
2. On the left, select the device you want to copy files from.
3. Drag the files you want to copy to a folder on your Googlebook.
   • Or, you can copy a file and paste the file in the folder you want it to be saved.

Delete your files

Important: Move to trash sends the file to your phone's trash, not your Googlebook’s trash.

On your Googlebook, you can delete files directly from your phone's storage.

1. On your Googlebook, open the Files app .
2. On the left, select your phone’s folder.
3. Search for the file you want to delete.
4. Right-click the file.
5. Select Move to trash Move to trash.