Adopting a handful of proactive, user-friendly strategies that are built into your device’s settings can strengthen your ...

Android 16 beta 3 is allowing older Google Pixel phones to catch up with Android phones from other manufacturers with its new Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock settings (spotted by Mishaal Rahman at ...

One of those is the inability to use the fingerprint reader with the phone’s screen off. Fortunately, it looks like Android 16 will finally address this screen unlock issue on Pixel phones.

Android 16 Beta 3 expands the "Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock" to older Pixel phones. The feature eliminates the need to wake the screen first before using the fingerprint scanner. Google first ...

Google Pixel phones have always required the screen to be active for the fingerprint scanner to work. However, with the Android 16 update, Google is finally bringing the Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock ...

On Pixel smartphones, users can now unlock their phone even if the screen is completely dark. First spotted by the folks over at Android Authority, the new “Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock ...

The Android 16 update for Google Pixel phones is set to introduce a new Screen-Off Fingerprint Unlock feature, Android Authority reports. This allows users to unlock their phones without waking the ...

Android 16 is bringing a screen unlock upgrade Pixels will be able to unlock while the screen is off Android 16 should launch before the end of June Android 16 is scheduled to roll out in the ...

But the company might have finally fixed one of the most annoying quirks of Pixel fingerprint unlocking. With Android 16 Beta 3, Pixel phones can now unlock with the fingerprint scanner even ...