Who knew adjusting your flashlight could feel like using an actual one? Google’s next major Android update is quietly making that happen, giving a small but surprisingly human touch to one of the most ...

Flashlight apps are a dying breed. Google began adding them to Android as early as Lollipop, and OEMs have included them on their OEM skins for far longer. The need for this dwindles as the market ...

A future Android update will add a native flashlight brightness slider to the Quick Settings on Pixel phones. The latest Android Canary release introduces a new visual design for this slider that ...

The new Android 13 Developer Preview build introduces a small, but useful change for the owners of Google Pixel phones: the flashlight function is now added to Quick Tap. Quick Tap was added last year ...

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 ...

Android Quick Settings will get a flashlight brightness slider with beam-style UI and percent display. Android lags behind iPhone, which has had adjustable brightness since 2020. Rollout still far out ...

A flashlight is a basic tool that's good to have as part of any emergency kit. They come in various sizes and different brightness levels. It's also an item that most of us carry around in our pockets ...

Google Pixel's At a Glance now comes with an all-new flashlight shortcut, which brings handy reminder and control functionalities to Android smartphone users. The new flashlight shortcut on the At a ...

For years now, iPhones and even Samsung’s Android smartphones have supported the ability to adjust the brightness of the LED flashlight on the back of your phone. Now, in Android 13, Google is finally ...