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Android 11 Beta incorporates refined smart home controls into power menu - Android Police

Android 11 Beta incorporates refined smart home controls into power menu - Android Police

Android 11 Beta incorporates refined smart home controls into power menu - Android Police
Jul 10, 2020 1 min, 57 secs

We've known that Android 11 plans to integrate smart home controls into the long-press power menu, building on the wallet functionality it already added, and we've even seen mockups for what it will look like.

But today we've received a report of the change live and in the wild on a Pixel running Android 11 DP4, and it turns out, anyone on Android 11 can enable it by sideloading the latest Google Home app release.

Screenshots of smart home controls in the power menu.

The name of the home appears top center next to a Google Home icon, with a three-dot overflow menu to the right and the Quick Control tiles themselves below.

A further control customization menu appears via the three-dot menu to the right of the home label, under "add controls." There, all my Assistant-integrated devices that appear in the Home app are present to add to the Quick Control shortcuts by tapping a star-shaped favorite icon, including my robotic vacuum, Android TV, Harmony macros, and smart lights.

To enable this for yourself, you'll need a Pixel running Android 11 together with the latest version of the Google Home app, v 2.23.1.8.

Yesterday, Google rolled out the first Android 11 Beta release to a handful of folks, perhaps accidentally, given the company previously said the release would be delayed.

But apparently, all the functionality required for the Home app update to add the power menu smart home controls it is present already on DP4.

The power button menu controls were functional in DP4, but they work better now in the Beta.

This happens even if I've just opened up the power button menu a few seconds ago.

It's also been pointed out that the lockdown button is hidden behind the three-dot overflow menu on this screen, which is a little odd since it's supposed to be easy and fast to reach for if a situation demands it

Android 11 Beta 2 brings another edit to the power menu stack, but this time, we're going up to the top

If a user enables the Lockdown option in their system settings, the above two settings move to a menu that comes with a new Power button — note the hinted overflow cue below the power icon

If you have turned on bug reporting via the power menu, that option gets relegated to a separate overflow menu in the three-dot button on the far-right

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