Once upon a time in tech, Android phones shipped with tactile, ribbed power buttons for convenient accessibility - then one day, they went extinct.

The Android power button is no longer the power button, but how do readers feel about this? Believe it or not, it's a hugely divisive topic.

Once, the power button on a smartphone turned the phone on and off, but an annoying trend is seeing the button repurposed for different duties.

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

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

If your power button breaks down, it can be extremely frustrating each time you want to power up or power down. Here are a few tips that can help you restart an Android phone without a power ...

The Android power button is among the strongest pieces of design Google has ever produced. It's merely one key tucked along the side of my mobile device. The power button does many things. I use ...

In Android Q, there is also a subtle change to the power menu. When you long-press the power menu, you used to get the option to power off your phone, restart it, or take a screenshot. Now in 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.

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is out with a note today that predicts next year’s high-end iPhone 15 (Pro) will switch to solid-state power and volume buttons, and that flagship Android phones are ...