It’s a Side Key now Press what you may think is the power button for a few seconds on many modern phones, and rather than see a power-related menu, a virtual assistant is most likely going to ...

Eventually, I discovered that I could double-press the power button to launch the camera on my Samsung phone. It also works on Google Pixel phones and other devices.

So these days, if you setup a new phone and decide it needs to be rebooted or powered off, it might pop-up a message on the first attempt to explain that your power button doesn’t do that ...

Normally, you can press and hold either volume button along with the side button to bring up the power menu. But if your phone is completely frozen and unresponsive, that's not an option.

Swipe down from the top of your phone's screen, then do that a second time; a menu will open that features bubbles, buttons, or tiles with different settings and tools, such as airplane mode and ...

If you use Android 11 on a Pixel, you may have access to a useful tool Google removed. Smart home controls used to be baked into the power menu to allow access to your entire smart home. You can ...