Android 15 can delete your face or fingerprint unlock when they aren’t working well and then prompt you to set them up again.

TL;DR

  • Strings in the latest Android 15 beta suggest the OS can automatically delete biometrics that aren’t working well.
  • Android will delete your face or fingerprint unlock when they aren’t working well and then prompt you to set them up again.
  • We don’t know how the OS determines when a biometric isn’t working well or if this feature is even live yet in the latest Android 15 beta, though.
  • evidences@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    5 months ago

    So phones with under screen fingerprint sensors are just going to be prompting their users ever day right?

    • Virkkunen@fedia.io
      1·
      5 months ago

      There are two types of underscreen sensors. The ultrasonic ones work great, even better than the back sensors I’ve used. Your finger taps and it’s unlocked, simple as that.

      The second type are the optical sensors, and these are the bad ones. You tap it and have to hold for the scan to complete, but it might fail because the screen is slightly smudged, or the light didnt hit your finger on the right angle, the room might be too dark/bright…

      • Avg@lemm.eeEnglish
        0·
        5 months ago

        The one on the pixel phones suck, constantly have issues with mine

        • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          5 months ago

          A vocal bunch bitched about this, but I’ve had the 6+7+8 Pro pixels (with under-screen sensors) and I’ve never had an issue, all ordered during product announcement. Family (who I hand-down when I upgrade) have never complained either. I use my phone near constantly and unlock actually hundreds of times a day. 🤷‍♂️