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- By Tushar Mehta•51 seconds ago•0• Last month, Google brought back a convenient security feature when it released Android 16 QPR2 for Pixel devices.
- On our Pixel 9 and newer phones, we discovered the option to unlock the phone with the fingerprint scanner with the screen off.
- That’s right, you wouldn’t need to first turn the screen on or tap it to make the fingerprint scanner’s active area visible.
- And it works even when you have the always-on display (AoD) turned off. That saves a couple of seconds and the extra step of turning the screen on first, so it’s definitely something desirable.
- That may be because it makes the under-display feel as quick and seamless as a physical fingerprint scanner.
