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 ...

The most common way to turn off a phone screen and lock the device is to use the on-off button. That usually sits on the side of the phone and needs to be squeezed quite tightly. You need to do the ...

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 ...

Android 15 is adding a two-finger double-tap screen gesture that magnifies the screen. The operating system’s built-in magnification feature can already be launched through an on-screen button, volume ...