Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 introduces a new feature on Pixel devices allowing users to check which fingerprints they have enrolled. By tapping a new button in settings and then touching the sensor, the ...

You would think that using your fingerprint to unlock your smartphone is as secure as it gets, but that’s not always the case. If you’re using an Android phone you might want to pay attention to this ...

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 ...

Researchers from a Chinese university have discovered a way to unlock some Android devices using false fingerprints. The researchers found two security flaws in the fingerprint recognition systems of ...

Two months ago, I reluctantly switched to the Galaxy Z Fold 7. It was a decision overwhelmingly motivated by software, with ...

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 ...

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 ...

Krystle Vermes is a Boston-based news reporter for Android Police. She is a graduate of the Suffolk University journalism program, and has more than a decade of experience as a writer and editor in ...

Google has updated its Compatibility Definition document for Android 6.0, outlining for phone and tablet makers what they need to do to properly run the company’s latest and greatest operating system.

Android 14 Beta 3 update has started to roll out to Pixel phones, but issues already started appearing. Android 14 Beta 3 seems to make the fingerprint scanner unusable on some Pixel phones, as in ...