Right, you you've installed the Linux Terminal app on your Pixel, but what now? Here are a few things to get you started!

The Linux Terminal app now has a tabbed interface in Android 16 Beta 3. Here's what it looks like and how you can activate it yourself.

The Terminal app is quite basic, but it is still under development. Recent commits to AOSP hint at Google working on integrating it directly into the Android settings.

Host hive Hostname 192.168.1.176 User gilly . Save that file by tapping Ctrl (in the terminal keyboard menu bar), and then tapping x. With that taken care of, you'd only have to type ssh hive.

After releasing the Terminal app for Android with its March 2025 Pixel Drop, Google is making Terminal more convenient to use with a new feature to add multiple tabs at once.

10 Android terminal commands every smartphone owner should know. Story by Benjamin Zeman • 5mo. T he average user doesn't typically use terminal commands to interact with their phone.

The latest Android 16 beta lets Pixel phone users allocate as much storage for the Linux terminal as needed. Written by Jack Wallen, Contributing Writer April 22, 2025 at 10:20 a.m. PT Kerry Wan/ZDNET ...