Android 16 Beta 2 introduces a new “double press power button” menu. This menu lets you choose between launching the camera app or the default wallet app when double pressing the power button.

In Android 14, screen recording sessions from third-party apps will continue even if you press the power button, and Android 15 QPR1 finally changes that behavior as part of Google's efforts to ...

For the longest time, Android was an operating system that eschewed visual flair in favour of giving flexibility and power to the user, and since third party developers took their cues from the OS ...

As of Android Marshmallow, however, all Android phones can launch the camera with a double-tap of the power button (unless a manufacturer removed the feature for some reason).

The power button is a basic accessibility feature, but we need consistency in the Android world to define what it can and cannot do.

However, most other android devices require the use of the power button to switch the screen back on. There is an app that attempts to replicate the Moto X feature on other android devices, but at ...

With the latest release of Android, there are even more ways to open Google Assistant. Jack Wallen shows you how to turn a long-press of the power button into one such method.

Power button below volume rocker (like Samsung). Power button and volume rocker on opposing sides (like iPhone). I don't care about the order. Something else (leave a comment).

Now, if you, like countless others have been using an Android phone for quite some time, you know that long-pressing the power button on your smartphone pops up the shutdown or restart options.