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An Android 16 beta 3 feature let you use the in-display fingerprint sensor without switching on the display first on Google Pixel phones. This guide describes how to enable the feature.
New code suggests your Pixel Watch could soon unlock your Pixel Tablet, possibly with UWB on the newer Watch 3.
Google may finally address a long-standing screen unlock issue on Pixel phones with the Android 16 update. More details here.
Pixel phones can now unlock with screen off Google has used an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor since the Pixel 6 series, but it always required users to wake the screen before unlocking.
However, with the Android 16 update, Google is finally bringing the Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock feature to all compatible Pixel models, making the unlocking process faster and intuitive.
Thankfully, Android 16 will address this annoyance on all Pixel phones for good. In Android 16 DP2, Google introduced a "Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock" option on the Pixel 9 series.
With the release of Android 16 Beta 3, Google has expanded compatibility to all Pixel phones, which was initially limited to Pixel 9s. The official Android 16 release is probable in the second ...