A range of smartphones running Google's Android operating system have been launched under the Alcatel OneTouch brand ... Sensors on the phone include Face unlock and Accelerometer.

A range of smartphones running Google's Android operating system have been launched under the Alcatel OneTouch brand ... Sensors on the phone include Face unlock and Accelerometer.

The Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock feature in Android 16 lets Pixel phones use their fingerprint scanners even when the screen ...

The latest beta build of Android 16 brings a new feature to Pixel phones that lets users biometrically unlock the device without ever waking up the screen.

It looks as if the latest Android 16 Beta 3 will solve an age-old Pixel limitation which is keeping the fingerprint scanner ...

With Google having announced Android 16 has reached its "platform stability" phase with beta 3, it feels unlikely that we'll see any other big changes before the update goes officially live. So ...

On Pixel smartphones, users can now unlock their phone even if the screen is completely dark. First spotted by the folks over at Android Authority, the new “Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock ...

Android 16 Beta 3 expands the "Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock" to older Pixel phones. The feature eliminates the need to wake the screen first before using the fingerprint scanner. Google first ...

The update will be available for all Pixel phones with under-display fingerprint scanners from the Pixel 6 onward.

Android 16 beta 3 is allowing older Google Pixel phones to catch up with Android phones from other manufacturers with its new Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock settings (spotted by Mishaal Rahman at ...

One of those is the inability to use the fingerprint reader with the phone’s screen off. Fortunately, it looks like Android 16 will finally address this screen unlock issue on Pixel phones.