The recently launched Google Pixel 9 series officially makes use of Qualcomm's 3D Sonic Gen 2 fingerprint sensor, which is the same fingerprint sensor used in the Samsung Galaxy S24 series. The Google ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

From Disney World to the smartphone in your pocket, fingerprint scanners have become commonplace these days. Even budget phones sport the tech, sometimes alongside other biometric unlocking options ...

The Pixel 9 Pro Fold also launched yesterday, but that phone includes a side-facing fingerprint scanner, a capacitive one. Now, the three aforementioned Pixel 9 devices use a familiar ultrasonic ...

Google’s latest Android update is causing problems for the fingerprint reader on some Pixel phones. The bug is extremely rare, but on affected handsets the fingerprint scanner stops working altogether ...

Zac has been writing about Android as a hobby since he was a teenager and fulfilled his ambition of doing so professionally when he joined Android Police as a Reviewer in 2020. Zac specializes in ...

A fingerprint scanner is a small electronic device that guards your computer from intruders. You place your fingertip on the reader; it scans your fingerprint and compares it to the prints stored in ...

If there’s one thing Google has been consistent with every Pixel phone, it would be issues with the fingerprint scanner. The company’s latest Pixel March update is causing fingerprint headaches for ...

Fingerprint sensors have been around for quite some time, and they’ve become a standard feature in most smartphones. Apple introduced Touch ID on the iPhone 5s in 2013. Since then, it has appeared on ...

Smartphone fingerprint sensors come in all shapes and sizes. The physical fingerprint sensors, which can be positioned at the back, front, or even the side, are considered to be the most accurate.