How To Activate Flashlight Mode On Android Devices

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Most smart phones have a flash that can be used to enhance the lighting in your photos. It can also be used as a flashlight. This is one of your most important accessories. It can be used in many situations such as when you have trouble unlocking your front door at night or searching for something in a darkened room.

How do you activate flashlight mode on your Android device? There are many ways to do this, some of which are specific to particular smartphones. With the flashlight options below, you’ll be ready to light up your path when you return home from a party late at night.

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Article was written using an Android 12 Pixel 4a running 5G. Steps may vary depending on the software version and device.

Use the quick toggle to turn on flashlight mode

Google introduced the first flashlight toggle with Android Lollipop. It is located in the quick settings. You can access it by simply pulling down the notification bar and tapping on the toggle. You can turn the flashlight on immediately and off whenever you don’t need it.

How to switch on the lights on Android phones:

  1. Slide your finger towards the top of the screen to lower the notification bar.
  2. To turn on flashlight mode, tap the Flashlight toggle. That’s it!

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  1. Slide your finger towards the top of the screen to lower the notification bar.
  2. To see more options, swipe down.
  3. Click on the Pencil icon.
  4. Look for the Flashlight icon. Hold on to the button by tapping.
  5. Drag the button to activate your toggles.

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This feature should be standard on all Android smartphones. However, in rare cases, you may need to use another option.

Use a special app

You can use an app to replace the flashlight toggle you have in your quick settings. There’s always the chance that you don’t have one, so you will need to go to the Play Store to find a solution. Don’t worry. You have many options and most are free.

See the steps below:

  1. Choose the right flashlight app for you.
  2. Get the app on the Google Play Store
  3. Light your way by opening the app

Use Google Assistant

Google Assistant made its debut in the month of October, 2016 with one of the first Pixel smartphones. It lets you use your smartphone to interact with it through voice commands. It’s now accessible for all smartphones running Android 6.0 Marshmallow and above and is intelligent enough to play whatever music you like, provide you an update on the weather and of course, switch on the flashlight mode.

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Utilizing Google Assistant voice commands to switch on your flashlight

  1. Launch Google Assistant. You can do this simply by tapping the microphone located on Google’s search bar or use the simple phrase “OK, Google.”
  2. Speak”command “Turn on the flashlight.”
  3. Alternately, you can switch it off by telling it, “Turn off the flashlight.”

If you think using your phone to talk is strange, you can communicate your instructions to the Assistant via writing. Simply open the app then tap on the keyboard icon at the lower left corner and then type “Turn on the flashlight.”

Use a gesture

Another method to control the flashlight is to use the gesture. Different phones have different ways to control the flashlight and they’re most simple on OnePlus devices. If you have an OnePlus smartphone, you are able to make use of screen-ff gestures to switch on the flashlight. However, it’s a bit of a process to set to be done prior to setting it up.

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Switch the flashlight on/off by using OnePlus Screen Off Gestures:

  1. Start Settings. Open the settings app.
  2. Go into Buttons & Gestures.
  3. Select Quick Gestures.
  4. In the section called the Screen Off Gestures Select the letters you’d like to choose to use to turn on the flashlight. You can choose between V, O, S M, and W.
  5. Click on toggle to turn on or off flashlight.
  6. Shut off the screen.
  7. When the screen is off Draw the letter you have selected onto the screen. The flashlight will come on!

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