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 Q could make the power button more useful by letting you choose which card to use during a Google Pay transaction. The iPhone already has this.

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

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.

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 ...

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.

Ways to keep your device in a working state even with a broken power button The post What To Do When The Power Button Of Your Android Phone Is Broken? appeared first on Fossbytes.

There are few ways to turn on a phone with a broken power button, unless you're willing to work to get your hands dirty with developer settings.