Confused about how to restart your Samsung Galaxy phone? Here are the simple steps for the S21 and S22.

Turning off or restarting the Galaxy S21 or S22 series should not be that difficult. However, a small change from Samsung to trigger Bixby makes this simple task unnecessarily complicated.

If you are looking to turn off or restart your Galaxy S21 or S22, follow our guide below.

The power key on the Galaxy S21 and S22 series is known as the Side key. This button's primary function in older smartphones was to bring up the power menu. On the Galaxy S21 and S22 though, long-pressing this button brings up Bixby, Samsung's voice assistant.

If you don't use the voice assistant, this can be frustrating. Thankfully, you can tweak the Side key settings to bring up the power menu instead, so you can easily power off the device, restart it, or trigger the emergency mode when required.

Now, whenever you long-press the Side key on your Galaxy S21 or S22, it will bring up the power menu.

If you have customized the Side key functionality, you can easily switch off or restart the Galaxy S21 or S22 in a few steps.

If you use Bixby on the Galaxy S21 or S22, you can also say, "Hey Bixby, turn off the phone" to bring up the power menu from where you can switch off the device. This is the easiest way to turn off your Galaxy S21 or S22 without having to press any button.

Another way to turn off your Galaxy S21 or S22 is to use the quick settings panel.

The above methods to turn off and restart are applicable across Samsung's flagship lineup, including the S21 FE, S21 Ultra, and S22 Ultra.

Samsung should not make accessing the power menu so difficult from the Side key. This small change from the company to promote Bixby will confuse many new Galaxy users.

The Korean company should instead offer an option to customize the Side key during the initial device setup process so that new users are aware of how to access the power menu.

Rajesh Pandey started following the tech field right around the time Android devices were going mainstream. He closely follows the latest development in the world of smartphones and what the tech giants are up to. He loves to tinker around with the latest gadgets to see what they are capable of.

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