All Pixel phones can now use the Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock feature in Android 16 Beta 3. The Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock feature lets you unlock your Pixel phone even when its screen is off. It ...

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Older Pixel versions will get this Fingerprint Unlock feature with the Android 16 update. Credit: Yuki Iwamura / Bloomberg / Getty Images All Google Pixels can use the Fingerprint Unlock feature even ...

The fingerprint reader on your Pixel 9 series phone could soon add a new feature to its speedy unlockness. Spotted in the latest Android 16 Developer Preview 2, a new setting will let you unlock the ...

The Chameleon Android banking trojan has re-emerged with a new version that uses a tricky technique to take over devices — disable fingerprint and face unlock to steal device PINs. It does this by ...

You might think that using your fingerprint or face to unlock your phone is more secure than using your PIN. But you could be wrong. Hackers have developed sophisticated Android malware that can ...

You may have noticed that you can unlock your Android phone with your face, but things like mobile payments require a PIN or fingerprint. Unlike the iPhone, most Android phones don’t have secure ...

Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...

Every human on earth has a different fingerprint. Therefore, there is no denying that fingerprint scanners on smartphone should be one of the most secured ways of keeping private data away from a ...