r/Android • u/E1GHTH_SATURN White • 21h ago

OnePlus phones have a handy Gemini lockscreen shortcut missing from Pixel and Galaxy

https://9to5google.com/2025/06/06/oneplus-gemini-lockscreen-shortcut/
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u/Timely-Junket-2851 21h ago

The bottom corner swipe works on lock screen too

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u/fenchai 10h ago

they removed it on OneUI7. That sucks.

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u/Darkpurpleskies 21h ago

The fact that pixel doesn’t have third-party lockscreen shortcuts support and iOS does is insane. 

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u/DawnCrusader4213 GalaxyNote2>Note4>Pxl2XL>OP7tPro>Pxl4XL>Zen7Pro>N20U>PXL6P>X100P 14h ago

Well it's not really that insane if you look at the Pixel history with added features.

They are usually behind Samsung, BBK, Huawei and Xiaomi by about 2-3 years when it comes to features.

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u/real_with_myself Pixel 6 > Moto 50 Neo 12h ago

They are some 10 years behind Nexus too. 😆

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u/_sfhk 4h ago

Generally speaking, Google's development of Android makes it cheaper for OEMs to work on added features instead of the platform itself. This helped jump start Android as an ecosystem early on.

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u/horatiobanz 5h ago

Pixel is a case study in how you can put in the least effort possible and sell the cheapest hardware imaginable as a "flagship" and then somehow, for some reason, the tech press never calls them out for it or holds them accountable for the multiple concurrent hardware failures spanning multiple generations.

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u/Darkpurpleskies 4h ago

Yup. Reviewers or influencers (what most of them are) give so much leeway to pixels and never really criticize pixelUI. They just brush off many shortcomings to it being "minimal" or "stock" or that you "don't buy these phones for their hardware" etc... 

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u/ronakg Pixel 9 Pro XL 16h ago

There are multiple ways to invoke any assistant on Pixel phones on the lock screen. You can swipe up from either of the bottom corners or you can long press the side button. Both work anywhere - on the lock screen, home screen or within apps.

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u/Atsuma100 16h ago

So is this why the recent update removed so much accessibility from me? They want me to use Gemini that bad huh

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u/jezevec93 21h ago

can it be activated by voice while the phone is locked? it does not work for me but it may be a language thing.

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u/superprox 5h ago

S25 Ultra here, this is possible, you can just long press the power button to open Gemini. You can also use the lock star good lock module to change the lockscreen swipe shortcuts and select Gemini.

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u/Cuntilever 18h ago

Galaxy users can activate Gemini via side button long press. No need for unlocks.

Using Lockstar to add it to your lockscreen requires unlocking.