How to fix your Android 12 power button to turn off your phone? 1

How to fix your Android 12 power button to turn off your phone?

If you’re a long-time Android user, you’re used to long-pressing the power button to (logically) turn your phone on or off. For a while, a long press of the button while the phone was on also allowed you to reboot, lock, or sound an emergency signal. (You can also use it to take a short screenshot on Android 10.)

So, you might be a little annoyed if, after upgrading your phone to Android 12, you noticed that a long press of the power button does not bring up the shutdown menu, but instead activates the Google Assistant. This is something built with the new version of the operating system and is supposed to be A Good Thing.

Long pressing the power button can bring up this menu...

Long pressing the power button can bring up this menu…

...or bring the Google Assistant.

…or bring the Google Assistant.

Joyful to be able to Keep accessing the power and emergency menu by pressing the power and volume up buttons simultaneously – this may work for you if you rarely (if ever) turn off your phone. But if you’d rather have less troublesome access to the emergency button, or just want to revert to being able to long press the power button to turn off or restart your phone, don’t worry – you can toggle it back. Here’s how:

  • Open your Settings menu (by swiping down twice from the top of your phone and tapping the gear button).
  • Choose System > Gestures.
  • Scroll to the bottom of the menu and tap on the “Hold the power button” option.
  • Disable the “Hold for Assistant” option.

How to fix your Android 12 power button to turn off your phone? 4

“Hold down the power button” is under the Gestures menu.

To use the power button for Google Assistant, turn it on;  turn it off to bring up the power menu.

To use the power button for Google Assistant, turn it on; turn it off to bring up the power menu.

And that’s it!

Meanwhile, the Gestures menu has a number of different options for using taps and other gestures that you might want to take advantage of. For example, you can set up Quick Tap (double tap on the back of the phone) to activate a number of features; e.g. to take a screenshot, open a specific app, and even Google Assistant (which is how I set it up so I can long press the power button for this emergency menu).

You can also set up pressing the power button twice to launch your camera, reverting to the old-fashioned three-button navigation at the bottom of your screen, or laying your phone face down to turn on Do Not Disturb, among others.

You can use the two taps on the back of the phone to activate a range of features.

You can use the two taps on the back of the phone to activate a range of features.

Pressing the power button twice can start the camera quickly.

Pressing the power button twice can start the camera quickly.

All these and other features can be enabled or disabled in the Gestures menu.

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