Android 11 introduced a clever new concept that placed cards from your digital wallet and controls from your smart home in the power menu. It was a great idea, but one that Google entirely killed off ...

If you have the all-new Android 12 power menu, or would like to change it for whatever reason, we have just the app for you. The app is called “Classic Power Menu”, and do note it requires root to ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Every time I change to a new phone to start a review process, I realize that Android now does this thing that ...

After introducing a totally new idea for the power menu in Android 11, Google is backtracking and replacing the design with something more similar to what the likes of Samsung and others have been ...

Google Assistant can open the power menu on a mobile phone with Android 12 Beta 2. The power button served as a shortcut to Google Assistant in Android 12 after the search giant decided to follow a ...

Android 12 now sends a notification to let you know what happened to all the features ‘missing’ from the new power menu. You now have to swipe down to access Google Pay and other perks. Googlers ...

Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...

Introduced in Android 11, the power menu is a way to quickly interact with smart home gadgets without having to open their corresponding applications. Just hold the power button for a beat, and you’ll ...

Ryne was ostensibly a senior editor at Android Police, working at the site from 2017-2022. But really, he is just some verbose dude who digs on tech, loves Android, and hates anticompetitive practices ...