Ending a call the usual way requires you to move the phone away from your ear and tap a red button on the screen. With the ...

There are loads of hidden Android shortcuts, but this is the handful that I find particularly useful in day-to-day life.

A lesser-known setting in Android lets you end calls by hitting your phone's power button instead of the End button on your screen.Sometimes, as you'r ...

Straight up, one of my favorite additions to Android 11 was the ability to bring up smart home controls when long-pressing the power button. I’m a self-professed smart-home tinkerer and while ...

So, it might have been a bit of a surprise for you if you upgraded to Android 12 on your Android handset and found that long-pressing the power button was activating Google’s trusty Assistant.

A damaged power button seems to be the end of the line for your device. But don’t worry; there are plenty of alternatives to keep your device in a working state even when your Android phone’s ...

Enabling the power button to launch Google Assistant in Android 12. Once you’ve done that, back out of Settings and then long-press the power button. This will bring up a new screen ( Figure C ...

The Google Pay and Google Home controls, available via a long-press of the power button in Android 11, will be moved to the Quick Settings menu in Android 12. This change is bound to be contentious.

What’s missing is the Screenshot button, which was previously at the bottom of the power menu in Android 10. In Android 11, Google has moved it to the Recents multitasking screen, where you’ll ...

In Android 12, the power button now acts as a shortcut to Google Assistant. Google may have pitched this as a handy shortcut, but let’s be honest, this is just copying a trend Apple started.