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So the phone will reboot it self, but...

1) There is no developer accessible API to allow app developers to create an app to allow me to script power options (example, as an end user I want to script a restart or shut down my phone nightly).

2) Asking Google Assistant will not restart or shut down the phone.

3) Apple and Android have made it harder to shut down the phone, requiring double key press kung fu to even bring up the power menu.



FWIW on iPhone you can just create a shortcut to restart the phone

One click for me and it restarts fyi


One click where? Have you mapped it to the Action button on the newer phone models? Or do you launch the shortcut by tapping somewhere (widget on Control Center or elsewhere)?


Just create a shortcut and select an icon

It appears as an “app” like any other

Open it, will ask you to confirm, hit yes and it will restart




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