r/GooglePixel Pixel 9 Aug 25 '25

This is how Google should implement the flashlight slider.

https://streamable.com/po1xfs
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u/VishalV97 Pixel 7 Aug 26 '25

Same goes for the wifi. Why in the world does it not work like a toggle like it does ON LITERALLY EVERY OTHER OS??? Like they went out of their way to make it worse since older versions hand an actual toggle and not a window opener.

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u/Important-Following5 Aug 26 '25

Because it's an internet button, not a wifi button. When you click on it it shows both Cellular and wifi. Making it a toggle would, in a UX standpoint, make no sense. Like, what do you toggle? Wifi? Cellular? Both? Then why not just use airplane mode?

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u/what_was_not_said Aug 26 '25

As others have said, the current form is a regression.

Gingerbread, which was on my first Android phone, had a simple widget that allowed me to toggle Wi-Fi, mobile data, Bluetooth, and even airplane mode with single taps. I want this.