How to Turn Flashlight On, on your Android Mobile Phone

With the introduction of mobile phone technology, there are a lot of things that we don't have to keep with us now. As  in times before mobile phone, people used to keep a flashlight with them. Now, you just have to make some taps on your mobile phone and your mobile phone turns the flashlight on for you.

How to Turn Flashlight On, on your Android Mobile Phone

In this article we will discuss about how to turn the flashlight On, on your Android mobile phone, with just a few taps or by commanding your Google Assistant to turn the flashlight on for you.

How to Turn Flashlight On, on your Android Mobile Phone

This is a very common thing, and we must make our kids learn about how to turn the flashlight On, on mobile phone, so it could be of help for them too.

Steps to Turn On Flashlight from Quick Settings

The easiest way is to turn the flashlight On from Quick Settings tiles, here is how to do it:

  1. On your screen, tap and drag down on your screen.
  2. To reveal the entire Quick Settings tiles, tap and drag down again from the top of your phone screen.
  3. There you will see the Flashlight tile.
  4. To turn on the toggle for flashlight, tap on the Flashlight tile.
  5. And that's it, you have done. Tap the tile again to turn it Off.

Steps to Turn On Flashlight with Google Assistant

Follow the given steps to turn on the flashlight on your Android phone with Google Assistant:

  1. Open your Google Assistant saying 'Hey Google' or tapping the microphone icon or any other gesture that you use to open your Google Assistant.
  2. Now, give command to your Google Assistant by saying "Turn on the Flashlight".
  3. You can also type into your Assistant as "turn on the flashlight".
  4. And it's done. 
  5. To turn off the light say or write the command as "Hey Google, turn Off the Flashlight". And your Assistant will do it immediately for you.

FAQs:

Q: Can we turn flashlight On with gestures on mobile phone?

Ans: Yes, there are some Android phones that allow you  to turn On the flashlight with gectures or drawing a pattern, tapping or shaking your phone. Here are gestures described for some Android phone to turn On the flashlight:

Pixel: 

Tap the back of your Pixel phone twice.

One Plus:

Draw a V on the screen of your mobile.

Motorola:

Shake your mobile phone twice in a chopping motion to turn On the flashlight.

Q: Is there any third party app to use flashlight?

Ans: Yes, open Google Play Store, search for Flashlight there, and there will come a list of Flashlight apps. You can download any flashlight app from there and use it.

So, this was an easy and simple guide for you about how to turn On the flashlight on your Android mobile phone.

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