Smartphone

With the Google Pixel 6 and Google Pixel 6 Pro, you can use the Quick Tap function to create a quick shortcut. To find out how to do so, you can check out this step-by-step tutorial at Seeking Tech.

1. First off, you need to enter the Settings app.

If you need help getting to it, then you can swipe downwards from the top of the screen two times. Afterwards, tap the gear icon to go to Settings.

An alternative method is to swipe upwards from an empty space on the Home menu to open a menu showing a list of installed apps. From here, tap the Settings app.

2. After getting to the Settings app, scroll down and then tap the System option.

3. Inside of the System menu, tap the Gestures option.

4. In the Gestures menu, select the “Quick tap” option.

5. By default, the Use Quick Tap setting is disabled. In order to turn it on, tap this setting to move the switch to the right side.

6. With Quick Tap enabled, you can then set what actions to tie the shortcut to.

You have the following choices:

• Take screenshots
• Access your digital assistant
• Play or pause media
• See recent apps
• Show notifications
• Open app

For the Open app action, tap the gear icon next to it in order to open a screen where you can select which app you want to open when you double tap the back of your Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro.

7. In the same Quick Tap menu, you can also enable the “Require stronger taps” option. If you turn this on, then you will need to tap the back of your phone with more force to use the shortcut. This is helpful if you want to prevent accidentally activating the shortcut action.

Once you enable Quick Tap and set the shortcut action, you can try testing it out by quickly tapping the back of your Google Pixel 6 or Google Pixel 6 Pro.

If you have a hard time using this shortcut, try double tapping near the middle of the phone. You may also want to put in some extra force for the taps, especially if you are using a case for your smartphone.

With the Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, you can customize the clock format and settings. To find out how to do so, you can check out this guide at Seeking Tech.

Before we begin, you need to get to the Clock settings, which you can do by taking the following steps:

 1. On the Home screen, swipe upwards from an unoccupied space. This should bring up a list of installed apps you have on your smartphone.

2. Next, you need to tap the Clock app.

3. Inside the Clock app, tap the more icon (which has the three dots stacked on top of each other).

4. Finally, tap Settings from the small pop-up menu.

Inside the Clock settings you can do the following:

How to change the clock display style on Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

If you tap the Style option inside the Settings menu of the Clock app, you will be able to pick between an Analog or Digital clock. The analog style will show the time as a traditional clock while the digital style will show numbers.

How to display seconds on the clock of the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

To show seconds on the clock, you need to enable the “Display time with seconds” option from the Settings menu of the Clock app.

How to show home clock on Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

When you are traveling to a different time zone, it may be convenient to know what the current time is at home.

To show the home time, you need to enable the “Automatic home clock” option in the Settings menu of the Clock app.

How to change time zones on Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

In order to change time zones on your phone, you need to select the “Home time zone” option from the Settings menu of the Clock app. In the following pop-up menu, you will be able to choose a different time zone.

In order to prevent your phone from reverting back to the original time zone, you need to do the following:

1. In the Settings menu of the Clock app, select “Change date & time.”

2. Make sure that the “Set time zone automatically” option is disabled.

3. You should also make sure that the “use location to set time zone” option is disabled.

How to change the date and time on Pixel 6/Pixel 6 Pro

If you want to change the date and time on the Google Pixel 6 and Google Pixel 6 Pro, you need to do the following:

1. From the Settings menu of the Clock app, select the “Change date & time” option.

2. In the “Date & time” menu, make sure you disable the “Set time automatically” setting.

3. With “Set time automatically” disabled, you should now be able to tap the “Date” option.

Doing so will open a calendar where you can choose the date.

4. You should also be able to tap the “Time” option in the “Change date & time” menu with the “Set time automatically” setting disabled.

Doing so will bring up an analog clock where you can change the time. You can also tap the icon to the bottom left of the pop-up menu to switch to a digital clock.

How to show 24-hour clock format on Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

If you want to use the 24-hour clock format on your Google Pixel 6 or Google Pixel 6 Pro, you need to take the following steps:

1. From the Settings menu inside the Clock app, tap the “Change date & time” option.

2. In the “Date & time” menu, make sure that the “Use locale default” option is disabled.

3. You should now be able to enable the “Use 24-hour format” option right underneath the aforementioned “Use locale default” option.

If you have a Google Pixel 6 or Google Pixel 6 Pro, then it is recommended that you opt-out of device arbitration. Otherwise, you may have a harder time trying to file a claim and/or participate in a class action lawsuit in regards to your smartphone.

To do so, you can follow this step-by-step guide at Seeking Tech.

1. First off, we recommend using your Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro as doing so should streamline the process. You should also view this article on your phone to easily get to the opt-out form.

2. To begin, open the Settings app.

To do so, you can swipe downwards from the top of the phone’s screen two times. Next, you need to tap the gear icon to head into Settings.

An alternative method is to swipe upwards from an empty area on the Home screen in order to bring up a menu showing off all of the installed app on your smartphone. Afterwards, tap the Settings app.

3. After getting into Settings, scroll all the way down the list and then select the “About phone” option.

4. Inside the “About phone” menu, select the “Model” option.

5. After getting to the “Model & hardware” menu, tap and hold the serial number.

6. In the pop-up menu, tap Copy.

7. After copying the serial number, open the Chrome app or another web browser app.

8. Inside the browser app, visit the Google Device Arbitration Opt-Out Form.

9. Next, make sure you are signed into the same Google account you are using for your Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro phone.

10. In the “Select the Google device for which you wish to opt out of arbitration” portion of the form, select your phone from the drop-down list.

11. In the “Enter the serial number for your Google device” portion, tap and hold inside the “Device serial number” box.

12. Tap the Paste option that shows up to paste the serial number of your Google Pixel 6 or Google Pixel 6 Pro phone.

13. Tap Submit to complete the form.

You can use the quick settings menu to easily make changes on the Google Pixel 6 and Google Pixel 6 Pro.

If you are interested in doing so, then you can check out this step-by-step tutorial from Seeking Tech to see how you can access the quick settings menu as well as customize what appears in it.

How to open quick settings on Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

There are two ways to open the quick settings menu on the Google Pixel 6 and Google Pixel 6 Pro.

The first of which is to use one finger to swipe downwards from an empty space on the home screen. This will only show the 4 top-most settings. To view the next 4 settings, you can either swipe to the left, right or down.

The second method is to use two fingers to simultaneously swipe downwards from the top of the home screen. This will show the 8 top-most settings.

How to view more quick settings on Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

By default, the four top-most settings are the following:

• Internet
• Bluetooth
• Do Not Disturb
• GPay

The next four settings are the following:

• Flashlight
• Auto-rotate
• Battery Saver
• Airplane mode

In order to view more active quick settings, use a finger on the right edge of the screen and then swipe to the left. Make sure you are swiping in the Quick Settings portion of the screen.

On the new page, you will get the following settings by default:

• Device controls
• Scree Cast
• Hotspot
• Data Saver
• Battery Share
• Night Light
• Extra dim

How to customize the quick settings menu of Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

In order to customize the quick settings menu on the Google Pixel 6 and Google Pixel 6 Pro, you need to take the following steps:

1. Pull down the quick settings menu.

2. Make sure that that the menu is showing 8 settings. If you only see 4, swipe downwards again to view the other settings.

3. Next, you need to tap the small pencil icon located below the quick settings.

4. In the Edit menu, you can drag any setting you want added or remove from the quick settings menu.

You can add the following settings:

• Alarm
• Screen
• Mic access
• Camera access
• Location
• Invert colors
• Dark theme
• Storage
• Focus mode
• Bedtime mode
• Live Caption
• Nearby Share

We recommend adding your most used settings to the four top-most spots so that you don’t have to perform additional swiping gestures to get to them.

When using your Google Pixel 6 or Google Pixel 6 Pro, you may notice that your smartphone may be slow at rotating, or not rotating at all, when you switch from landscape to portrait orientation and vice versa.

You can check out this troubleshooting guide to see how you can fix these auto-rotate issues.

1. The first step we recommend taking is to make sure that the Auto-Rotate feature is enabled.

The fastest way to do this is to swipe downwards from the top of the screen with two fingers at the same time. This should fully pull down the Quick Settings menu. Here, you can see whether or not the “Auto-rotate” setting is turned on. If it is turned off, then make sure you turn it on.

2. You should also make sure that allow home screen rotation, which you can by doing the following:

• To begin, open the Settings app. The fastest way to do so is to use two fingers at the same to swipe downwards from the top of the screen to fully pull down the Quick Settings menu. Afterwards, tap the small gear icon to get to Settings.
• In Settings, tap Apps.
• Inside the Apps menu, tap the “See all apps” option.
• In the “All apps” menu, scroll down and then tap Pixel Launcher.
• Once you get to the “App info” menu for Pixel Launcher, tap the “Additional settings in the app” option.
• In the” Home settings” menu, make sure that the “Allow Home screen rotation” option is enabled.

3. You can also try enable facial detection, which will improve the accuracy of rotating the screen of your Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro. If you are worried about privacy, then Google has stated that images from the face detection feature won’t be stored or sent.

To turn on facial detection, you need to take the following steps:

• Open the Settings app.
• Inside the Settings menu, tap Display from the list of available options.
• Once you get to the Display menu, tap the “Auto-rotate screen” option.
• In the “Auto-rotate screen” menu, make sure that the “Use auto-rotate” option is enabled.
• With the “Use auto-rotate” option enabled, you should now be able to select the “Enable Face Detection” option underneath. Here, you need to make sure that the facial detection feature is turned on.

4. The slow or non-functioning auto-rotation problems may also be related to the cameras.

You should make sure that the lens for these cameras are clean. You can take a look at this guide to see how you can properly clean your smartphone.

You should also make sure that your hand isn’t blocking the cameras.

Be default, swiping to the left from the home screen of your Google Pixel 6 or Google Pixel 6 Pro will open the Google app. On the front page, this application will show news that may not appeal to your preferences. Not to mention that it will use up bandwidth from your mobile data.

You can check out this step-by-step guide at Seeking Tech to see how you can remove this function from your phone.

1. To begin, press and hold an empty space from the home screen of your Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro.

2. In the small pop-up menu, tap the “Home settings” option.

3. In the “Home settings” menu, you should see the “Swipe to access Google app” setting.

If the switch next to this setting is set to the right side, then it indicates that the Google app swipe left shortcut is currently enabled. To turn it off, simply select this setting to move the switch to the left side.

Can you delete Google app on Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro?

Unfortunately, you can’t delete the Google app from your Pixel 6 Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 phone. However, you can disable or force it to stop.

To disable or force stop the phone, you can take the following steps:

1. Open the Settings app. You can do so by swiping upwards from an empty space in the home screen to bring up a list of installed apps on your smartphone. Next, you need to tap the Settings app.

2. Once you get to Settings, tap Apps.

3. Inside the Apps menu, tap the “See all apps” option.

4. In the “All apps” menu, tap Google.

5. In the “App info” menu, you can either tap “Disable” or “Force stop.”

The “Disable” option will permanently turn off the app and then hide it from appearing in the list of installed apps.

The “Force stop” option will temporary close the app. The app will remain closed until you restart your phone or turn off your phone and then turn it back on again.

The USB-C port on the Google Pixel 6 and Google Pixel 6 Pro can be used to recharge the internal battery. When trying to recharge you may get disconnections or your phone may also not recharge at all.

To fix these charging port issues, you can check out this troubleshooting guide from Seeking Tech.

1. The first step you should take is to inspect the charging cable and/or charger. You should see if there are any physical damages. Furthermore, you can also try using them to recharge a different electronic.

2. If there are nothing wrong with the cable and/or charger, then you can try recharging your Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 again. This time wait for at least 1 minute.

3. If your phone does not recharge after 1 minute, then you can try resetting your phone by doing the following:

• Press the power and volume up buttons at the same time in order to bring up the power and emergency menu.
• In this menu, select the restart option.

4. If you are still experiencing charging issues, then you can also try power cycling your phone, which you can do by taking the following steps:

• Press and hold both the power and volume up buttons to open the power and emergency menu.
• In the new menu, select the Power off option.
• After your phone has shut down, press the power button to power it back on again.

5. You can also check to see if there is a new firmware update available that may help resolve these charging port problems.

To check for a new update, you can do the following:

• Swipe upwards from an open space in the Home screen. This should bring up a menu that shows the installed applications on your Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro.
• In this menu, select the Settings app.
• Inside Settings, scroll down and then select System.
• In the System menu, select the System update option.

6. If you still have plenty of battery life left on your Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro, then the Adaptive Charging setting may be preventing your phone from recharging any further.

To disable Adaptive Charging, you need to do the following:

• Go to the Settings App.
• In Settings, tap Battery.
• In Battery tap, the “Adaptive preferences” option.
• In the “Adaptive preferences” menu, make sure that the Adaptive Charging is disabled.

7. You may also want to use the official charger and cable from Google. The Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro should already come with an official USB-C cable.

For the charger, these phones should work with the Google 18W and 30W USB-C Chargers. You can find both products on Amazon with the following links:

• Google 18W USB-C Charger(#CommissionsEarned)
• Google 30W USB-C Charger(#CommissionsEarned)

8. If you see “Liquid or debris in USB port” or “Unplug charger” messages appear on your phone’s screen when trying to recharge the internal battery, then you should check out this troubleshooting tutorial.

The Google Pixel 6 and Google Pixel 6 Pro features a setting where you can turn the screen into an Always On Display that will permanently show the clock and fingerprint sensor.

With AoD enabled, however, the fingerprint sensor may have a hard time recognizing your fingerprint. You can check out this step-by-step guide from Seeking Tech to see how you can potentially fix this issue.

1. The first fix we recommend trying is to change the window, transition and animator scales to 1x.

In order to do so, you need to do the following:

• First off, make sure that the developer options menu has been unlocked. To unlock it, swipe upwards from the home menu to show off a list of installed apps you have on your smartphone. You then need to select Settings.
• In the Settings app, tap the “About phone” phone.
• Inside the “About phone” menu, tap the “Build number” option quickly 7 times to unlock developer options.
• Next, return to the first page of the Settings app and then select System.
• In the System menu, select the “Developer options.”
• Inside the “Developers options” menu, make sure that the “Use developer options” setting is enabled.
• Afterwards, scroll down until you get to Window animation scale, Transition animation scale and Animator duration scale.
• Select any of the three to open a pop-up menu.
• In the pop-up menu, select the “Animation scale 1x.”
• Set the other two animations settings to “Animation scale 1x.”

2. You can also try updating the firmware of your Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro phone as it may resolve the fingerprint sensor issues when Always On Display is enabled.

In order to do so, you can take the following steps:

• Open the Settings app.
• Inside of Settings, tap System.
• In the System menu, you then need to tap “System update.”
• If there is a software update available, then follow the on-screen instructions.

3. If you are still experiencing issues with your fingerprint when using Always On Display, then we recommend disabling that feature by doing the following:

• Head into the Settings app.
• In Settings, tap Display.
• Inside the Display menu, tap the “Lock screen” option.
• In the “Lock screen” menu, make sure that the “Always show time and info” setting is disabled.
• With “Always show time and info” disabled, you will be able to turn the screen of your Google Pixel 6 or Google Pixel 6 Pro completely off by pressing the power button. In order to open the lock screen, press the same power button again to turn your screen back on.

By disabling the “Always show time and info” setting, you will also save battery life as the screen of your phone won’t be constantly turned on.

4. Your issues may also be related to just the fingerprint sensor in general. You can check out this troubleshooting tutorial to see how you can possibly fix the recognition issues with the sensor.

The IMEI1, IMEI2 and EID are used to identify your Google Pixel 6 or Google Pixel 6 Pro. These identifiers are needed if you want to change certain SIM settings or send your smartphone for repair.

How to find the IMEI1 and IMEI2 on your Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro

In order to find the IMEI1 and IMEI2 of your Google Pixel 6 or Google Pixel 6 Pro, you can do any of the following:

1. Look at the bottom of the box that came with your phone.

2. Open the SIM card tray. You should see a series of numbers for IMEI1 as you slide the bracket out of the slot.

3. On your Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 phone, you can do the following:

• Open the Settings app. To do so, swipe up from an empty area on the home screen. This should bring up a list of applications that are installed on your phone, which should include the Settings app.
• In Settings, scroll down and the tap the “About phone” option.
• In the “About phone” menu, you should find the IMEI1 and IMEI2 codes. To copy these codes into clipboard on your smartphone, press and hold the numbers to bring up the “Copy” option.

4. You can also go to the Find My Device website or Find my Device app and take the following steps:

• Sign into the same Google account you are using for your Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro phone.
• Make sure you have the right device selected. If your account has multiple devices, then you can switch devices at the top of the screen.
• Tap the small “i” icon to open the “Device information” notification, which will show the IMEI1 and IMEI2 codes.

How to find the EID/eSIM ID on your Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro

You can find the EID, which is also known as eSIM ID, on your Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro by doing the following:

1. Look at the bottom of the retail box of your Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro. The eSIM ID should be right below the IMEI1 and IMEI2 codes.

2. On your Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 phone, you can take the following steps:

• Open the Settings app.
• Select the “About phone” option from the list
• Inside the “About phone” menu, select “SIM status.”
• In the “SIM status” pop-up menu, you should find the EID.

How to copy IMEI1, IMEI2 and EID from a photo on Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro

To easily copy the IMEI1, IMEI2 and eSIM ID code from a photo on the Google Pixel 6 and Google Pixel 6 Pro, you can take the following steps:

• Open the Camera app.
• Take a picture of the IMEI1, IMEI2 and eSIM ID codes located at the bottom of the retail box for your Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro.
• Open the photo in the same Camera app and then tap the “Lens” option.
• Afterwards, select the “Text” option and then select the IMEI1, IMEI2 and eSIM ID code in the photo.
• Select either the “Copy text” option to copy the code to your phone or “Copy to computer” option to copy the code to your computer.

If you lost your Google Pixel 6 or Google Pixel 6 Pro, you still have a chance to find it by using the Find My Device feature. You can check out this step-by-step guide at Seeking Tech to see how to do so.

Find My Device Requirements

For the Find My Device feature to work, you will need to meet the following requirements:

1. First off, you need to have previously enable Find My Device. The feature can be found in the Security menu of the Settings app.

2. The Location feature should be enabled as well. You can find the option to do so in the Location menu of the Settings app.

3. Your smartphone should also be visible in your Google Play account. You can see if your phone is listed under the “My devices” section of the Google Play website.

4. Your Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro should be turned on.

5. The phone should also be signed into the same Google account as the aforementioned Google Play account.

6. Finally, your smartphone should also be connected to either mobile data or Wi-Fi.

How to know if you lost Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro phone can be located

To know whether or not your Google Pixel 6 or Google Pixel 6 Pro can be located, you can either visit the Find My Device website or open the Find My Device app.

On either the website or app, make sure you signed into the same Google account you have on your lost phone.

If you have multiple devices on your google Account, then you can switch to the correct device at the top of the screen.

After selecting your Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro phone, you should see an approximate location of your lost device. If your smartphone can’t be found, then the app or website will show the device’s last known location instead.

How to lock your lost Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro

If you believe that your lost Google Pixel 6 or Google Pixel 6 Pro is currently unlocked, then you can lock it remotely by taking the following steps:

1. Open the Find My Device app or Find My Device website.

2. Make sure that you are sign into the same Google account you used on your lost phone.

3. You should also make sure that you have the right device selected. If not, you can switch between the different registered devices at the top of the screen.

4. With the Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro phone selected, you then need to select the “Secure Device” option.

This will lock your unlocked lost phone. It should remain unlocked until you enter your PIN, pattern or password directly on the Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro.

5. If your Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro does not have a PIN, pattern or password assigned to it, then you will be asked to set one up.

6. Finally, you can also add your phone number or a message to the lock screen of the lost smartphone. This is helpful if a stranger happens to find the lost Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro and is willing to return it to the original owner.

How to find your lost Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro phone

In order to find your lost Google Pixel 6 or Google Pixel 6 Pro smartphone, you need to do the following:

1. Go to the Find My Device app or Find My Device website.

2. Sign into the same Google account you used on your lost phone.

3. Next, you need to make sure that you have the right device selected. You are able to switch devices at the top of the app or website.

4. The map on the right side of the screen will either show an approximate location or the last known location of the map.

Travel to that location.

5. When you get to the location shown on the map, you can the select the “Play Sound” option. This will make your lost phone ring for 5 minutes even if it was previously set to silent.

6. Use the ring tone as an audio cue to find your lost phone.

How to factory reset your lost Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro

If you can’t find your smartphone and considered it to be a lost forever, then you might want to remote activate a factory reset to protect your privacy.

In order to do so, you need to take the following steps:

1. Head to the Find My Device app or Find My Device website.

2. Inside the application or site, make sure you are signed into the same Google account you used on your missing phone.

3. If you have multiple devices tied to the Google account, then you can switch devices at the top of the screen to your lost smartphone.

4. With the Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro selected, you then need to select the “Erase Device” option.

A factory reset will delete all your personal data you have stored in the internal storage of your missing phone.