In-display fingerprint sensors have become commonplace in virtually all Android smartphones, for better or for worse, and five years later…

  • @[email protected]
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    1813 hours ago

    Rear scanners had no reason to go away. Imagine a phone with one giant fingerprint sensor/touchpad on the back(like the PS Vita).

    • @bighatchester
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      1312 hours ago

      I miss the back fingerprint scanner. I could unlock my phone as I’m taking it out of my pocket . The in screen one on Samsung phones is really unreliable.

      • @vxx
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        13 hours ago

        My sensor is on the button that turns on the phone, and it’s on the right side where the thumb is placed anyway. You press it, phone turns on and you can enter the passkey, you slide your thumb over it, you unlock the phone directly.

        I have it deactivated though. There’s no need to store my fingerprint anywhere to save 1.5 seconds.

    • @[email protected]
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      2217 hours ago

      Seriously. I’m tired of blinding myself at night when trying to sleepily check my phone. The sensor on the back of my old pixel could also be used to pull down the notification shade which I can’t easily reach with one hand, now, since the screen is so large.

      • JWBananas
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        16 hours ago

        There is a one-handed mode gesture that you can enable. It allows you to swipe straight down on the gesture bar to pull the entire top of the screen down.

        • @[email protected]
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          25 hours ago

          I use that but it only works from the home screen. If I use the gesture from an app it just interact with the app.

      • @Osiris
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        1614 hours ago

        Ultrasonic under screen readers dont need to light up that spot to work

          • @Osiris
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            413 hours ago

            Nope! The 9 is the first pixel that uses Ultrasonic. Its a massive upgrade from the optical scanner in the 7. Legitimately never misses

            • Eager Eagle
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              111 hours ago

              fwiw the optical one in the Pixel 8 I use is pretty good and works better than the ultrasonic of my old Samsung, which was a disaster.

      • @[email protected]
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        415 hours ago

        I forgot about the gesture to pull down the notification bar. The was far superior. I could reach in to my pocket and have the phone unlocked before I even see the screen

      • @[email protected]
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        115 hours ago

        On the back sucks, with your phone laying on a surface you can’t access the reader… Sony had it right, put it on the side, on the power button

    • @[email protected]
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      09 hours ago

      If someone can unlock your phone when you are unconscious or dead, it’s only identification. Not authentication