Android 11’s power menu home controls are powered by the Google Home app. That’s great news because it means that you shouldn’t have to set up your smart home gadgets a second or third time.

The smart home is always evolving, so while it may seem like there’s a level of complexity with gadgets communicating with each other and various services, Android 11 is here to simplify things ...

Introduced in Android 11, the power menu is a way to quickly interact with smart home gadgets without having to open their corresponding applications. Just hold the power button for a beat, and ...

After a few months in a developer preview, Android’s 11th mobile operating system, Android 11, has finally arrived. As expected, the new OS brings some changes to its predecessor.

If you use Android 11 on a Pixel, you may have access to a useful tool Google removed. Smart home controls used to be baked into the power menu to allow access to your entire smart home.

Google Home 2.26 lets you add/control the Nest Hub Max from Android 11’s power menu Home 2.26 adds ‘advanced networking’ settings from Google Wifi app, more ...

Android has launched a new feature that I honestly didn’t know people ever wanted. There’s now a quick way to jump back to the main home screen if you’re on a secondary home page. Before the addition ...