The Google Pixel 6 series smartphones have just recently launched, but soon after its release, many users have come forward with complaints regarding its fingerprint scanner. Buyers found that the device has a slow and sometimes unreliable sensor, but this might be the case due to an intended design.
Although under display fingerprint readers have been around for a while now, they were initially slower and sometimes unreliable as well. But in recent times, this difference between a regular fingerprint reader on the rear and the one under the display has more or less been eliminated. But, the search engine giant’s latest flagships are still facing criticism for what is described by many users as a slow fingerprint scanner. While it was hoped that the issue would more or less be fixed with a patch/update, official confirmation from the company has made things a bit more complicated.
According to an official tweet from Google, the Pixel 6 features “enhanced security algorithms” that verify fingerprints. In other words, this may even cause the sensor to be delayed or even miss at times. The tweet further added that “these added protections can take longer to verify or require more direct contact with the sensor.” The company also advises users to keep their fingers clean and properly press it on of the sensor for optimum results. However, this does not address the various issues many have been facing with this sensor.
Some believe that Google using an in display optical sensor might be the issue, but there are a number of smartphones that feature this technology without these issues. But there is still one silver lining, since the company has basically confirmed with the tweet that the issue is based on software. Meaning, it might be something solvable in the near future. Although, if we can discern one thing from the official tweet, it is that Google does not consider the slow sensor as an issue that needs to be fixed.
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