Otherwise, the Pixel 6 will test your patience as you try to scan your fingerprint over and over again. Until Google decides to resurrect face unlock, which had its own security flaws, you’ll just have to resort to typing in your PIN. The Verge reached out to Google with a request for comment but didn’t immediately hear back. When I first looked at Device Manager the fingerprint scanner wa.
On manual testing of fingerprint services in my phone with 808 it is giving an error as- the application cannot reach the Android service for the sensor. I have tried this fix again and it did not solve the problem. Fingerprint option under security and lock screen off my phone setting has been disappeared suddenly due to which I am not able to use fingerprint feature of my phone. I was able to fix it by running the HP Performance Tune-up Check including the System File Checker.
There’s no telling whether Google can patch the issue in a software update, or if the scanner’s so-called “enhanced” security system really is picky when it comes to prints. My fingerprint scanner worked for the first week then stopped working. But as noted by Engadget, other users on Reddit say that the optical fingerprint scanner works fine on their OnePlus phones, possibly indicating a software issue specific to the Pixel 6.įor now, it looks like there’s no clear solution to the Pixel 6’s finicky fingerprint scanner, and Google’s answer is vague at best. The Pixel 6 uses an under-the-screen optical fingerprint scanner instead of a fast ultrasonic one like the Samsung Galaxy S21, which some users say could be the reason behind the sensor’s poor performance. Replies from other Twitter users suggest that it may be a hardware issue.
Google says that these security measures can make your fingerprint “take longer to verify or require more direct contact with the sensor.” It then provides a link to a Google support page that really doesn’t offer much help, besides suggesting to ensure your fingers are clean and that you’re using a finger that you’ve registered with the phone. red words across hte bottom that said Fingerprint Hardware Not Available. In a reply on Twitter, Google attributes the issue to the “enhanced security algorithms” that the Pixel 6’s fingerprint scanner uses. This is coming from someone who uses a Pixel, and not an Android phone that. In some instances, these added protections can take longer to verify or require more direct contact with the sensor. The Pixel 6 fingerprint sensor utilizes enhanced security algorithms.