Pixel phones may soon get a “double tap to turn off screen” gesture in the Android 16 QPR1 update. A new toggle for this gesture is expected to appear in the Settings app under System > Gestures.

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

Google Pixel phones are known for their clean and smooth UI, but they lack some of the most basic conveniences found on other Android phones. One example is the double-tap gesture to turn off the ...

Hey — have ya heard? Google’s got a simple-sounding but supremely useful new trick in the works for its homemade Pixel phones. The way it’d work is refreshingly straightforward: Just tap twice in a ...

Google quietly brought a fix to Google Pixel's Quick Tap feature with the Android 16 QPR2 update, making the double-tap-back ...

Android phones are lauded for being feature-rich and highly customizable. However, most of them have a lot of baked-in features that are enabled by default. This is often done to offer a smooth and ...

Google is working on a new shortcut that’ll let you launch the default wallet app with a double press of the power button. Some code for this feature can be found in the latest Android beta and ...