Google May Finally Include A Reboot/Restart Button on The Pixel Phones - Gizmochina https://www.gizmochina.com/2016/09/21/google-may-finally-include-rebootrestart-button-pixel-phones/ Latest Tech News, Product Reviews and Deals Wed, 21 Sep 2016 11:19:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.9 Google May Finally Include A Reboot/Restart Button on The Pixel Phones https://www.gizmochina.com/2016/09/21/google-may-finally-include-rebootrestart-button-pixel-phones/ https://www.gizmochina.com/2016/09/21/google-may-finally-include-rebootrestart-button-pixel-phones/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2016 11:19:43 +0000 http://www.gizmochina.com/?p=98826 I can’t remember the first time I saw a reboot button on an android phone, but I know it’s more than 3 years already. While manufacturers have been offering it for years, Google has never put it on the official builds of Android. I have used a couple of nexus devices and the only way […]

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]]> I can’t remember the first time I saw a reboot button on an android phone, but I know it’s more than 3 years already. While manufacturers have been offering it for years, Google has never put it on the official builds of Android. I have used a couple of nexus devices and the only way to restart the device without shutting down first is by holding down the power button for a while (10 seconds or so) and it restarts.

It seems Google has finally listened to users and will include a restart button on the new pixel phones.  According to a picture  provided by a tipster, the new Pixel phones running Android 7.1 will present you with the restart option when you push the power button. The picture has been confirmed to be real but there’s a possibility that it might not make it to the final builds as the version that has the feature is a pre-release software for developers and testers.

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This is not an unusual act for Google, they are known for removing certain features from final builds of android. Remember freeform split screen multi-tasking available on developer previews of Android N? It didn’t make it to the final Nougat build.

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But this is a simple addition that we expect Google to have implemented a looooooong time ago, so removing it from the final build will just be very unfair.

Source: Androidpolice.com

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