How to turn off your phone with the power button on Android 12

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If you're running Google'due south latest Android release, yous may exist i of the many frustrated users wondering how to turn off your phone with the power push on Android 12.

With each new release of Android comes new features. That's why it was surprising when Google removed i of the well-nigh basic functions that long-time users of its smartphone Os had get accepted to: using the power button to switch off your phone. Instead, long-pressing the push at present activates Google Assistant.

But, just like with Samsung's much-maligned Bixby push button, there's a simple way to restore the ability push button on Android 12 devices to its original use. Follow our guide on how to turn off your phone with the power button in Android 12 to learn more than.

Notation: This guide applies to devices running "stock" Android 12, such every bit the Google Pixel 6 or Google Pixel 6 Pro. Your experience may differ slightly on other devices.

How to turn off your phone with the power push on Android 12

1. Swipe down twice from the top of your brandish, then tap the gear icon to open the Settings menu.

A screenshot from Android 12 showing the quick settings menu — (Image credit: Google)

2. Scroll down to "System" and so tap it.

A screenshot from Android 12 showing the main settings menu — (Image credit: Google)

3. Next, tap "Gestures" to enter the Gestures bill of fare.

A screenshot from Android 12 showing the gesture settings highlighted — (Image credit: Google)

4. At the lesser of the menu, tap "Press and hold power button."

A screenshot from Android 12 showing the power button settings highlighted — (Image credit: Google)

5. Tap the toggle to the right to activate the "Hold for Assistant" option.

A screenshot from Android 12 showing the gesture settings for the power button — (Image credit: Google)

vi. You should now find that long-pressing the power cardinal on your Android 12 phone brings back the familiar "Power off" selection, forth with its iii amigos "Emergency," "Lockdown" and "Restart."

A screenshot from Android 12 showing the power-down menu — (Image credit: Google)

7. If you decide you quite similar having Google Assistant assigned to the power button, but still want an easy way to reach the Power off card, yous may discover in that location's a description at the bottom of the menu for a shortcut you tin can use.

Only press the power and volume up buttons simultaneously and the menu will pop into being. It's not quite as reliable as just pressing the power button, but not too bad in one case you get used to it.

A screenshot from Android 12 showing the alternative way to reach the power-down menu — (Image credit: Google)

Now that y'all've restored the power button on your Android 12 phone, you may want to learn some other means to get to grips with Google's latest smartphone Os, including how to utilise the enhanced auto-rotate feature or the new Privacy Dashboard. We've besides put together a guide on how to employ Android 12'southward new Quick Settings options.

Dale Fox is How-to Editor at Tom's Guide, helping people become the virtually out of their technology. He'southward been a tech nerd ever since childhood, when he used the money from his first job as a paperboy to purchase a subscription to GamesMaster magazine, and has a whole room at home dedicated as a shrine to the countless gadgets he's purchased over the decades. Dale was previously a presenter, reporter and editor in China, where he as well worked every bit a copywriter for OnePlus at its Shenzhen HQ.