I’m on Android 13 not 14 and I’ve seen reports a few months ago about this happening for 14.

I’ve got no option to update or roll back and all fingerprint related settings and the fingerprint functionality have just vanished as if it’s not being detected at all.

very frustrating trying to remember passwords for all sorts of apps that expect biometric login.

anyone else see this or have a fix for it?

  • @[email protected]
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    -71 year ago

    Maybe. My pixel today would no read my finger but fingerprint scanners on all android devices I have tried are flaky.

    • @sir_reginald
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      1 year ago

      What do you mean? only the ones in the screen or the very first ones from years ago tend to fail. Otherwise, fingerprint scanners on Android work like a charm.

      • @[email protected]
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        111 year ago

        I honestly don’t understand the migration to in screen readers. Yes, it’s cool that OLED allows passthrough, but an indent at the back makes getting a consistently centered finger easier. Barring that, I like how Razer put theirs in the power button

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        You are right. The ones in the screen just don’t work well enough. Why after the pixel 4 they abandoned face recognition is beyond me.

        • @ryapric
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          11 year ago

          Not sure what you mean, I’m typing this from my Pixel 7a which I unlocked with my face.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      My oneplus 7 pro is really solid, it only fails to read if I just got out of the shower/pool or something.

    • @OmnislashIsACloudAppOP
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      21 year ago

      no that’s not what I mean, I mean the setting is literally gone. there is no biometrics option.

      any app that I previously used fingerprint login glitches out trying to load the bio pop-up, there is no lock screen option, etc.

      • monotremata
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        11 year ago

        For me it’s under Settings, Privacy and Security, Device Lock, Fingerprint Unlock. I removed my fingerprints from it the other day, though, because it was so inconsistent at unlocking my phone that it seemed faster to just use a numeric code.

        • @OmnislashIsACloudAppOP
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          21 year ago

          yeah that’s where it used to be for me, and I had it set up.

          it just literally vanished after the update.