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

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're coming out of a call, your screen takes a ...

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.

Tired of Bixby popping up whenever you press the power button on your Galaxy S24? It's an easy fix and we've got the video and step-by-step guide to prove it.

As expected, the power button-to-Assistant feature is live in the first beta of Android 12, released shortly after the I/O keynote yesterday. But surprisingly, that behavior is disabled by default.

How to restart an iPhone that has a broken power button? As is the case with Android phones, there are a few tricks that apply to iPhones that can help you turn off the phone without a power button.

Android 16 Beta 2 adds a new 'double press power button' menu that lets you choose to launch Google Wallet instead of the camera.

Android 16's convenient double-press power button shortcut for Google Wallet is only available on Pixel 8 and later devices.

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).

Android 12 is giving up control of the power button to Google Assistant and, at least for the first beta, blocking access to the usual menu.