The Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock feature in Android 16 lets Pixel phones use their fingerprint scanners even when the screen ...

Google is adding a big improvement to fingerprint scanning on Pixel phones with the upcoming Android 16 update. The new Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock will let users unlock their devices using the ...

This is possible on Pixel phones that have an in-display fingerprint sensor and are running Android 16 beta 3. How to unlock your Pixel phone with the screen off Here's how the new feature works.

All Google Pixels can use the Fingerprint Unlock feature even when the screen is off, thanks to the imminent Android 16 ...

The latest beta build of Android 16 brings a new feature to Pixel phones that lets users biometrically unlock the device without ever waking up the screen.

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 ...

Is now the time to upgrade from the Pixel 7a to the brand-new Pixel 9a? Well, maybe. There is more to the equation than meets the eye.

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.

Now, Android Authority reports that after testing a settings option to enable screen-off fingerprint unlocking on Pixel 9 phones, Google has expanded that test to other Pixel phones in the third ...

More info. In the latest beta build of Android 16 for Pixel devices, Google has enabled the ability to unlock your device using the fingerprint scanner while the screen is off. Previously ...