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In-display fingerprint sensors have become commonplace in virtually all Android smartphones, for better or for worse, and five years later...

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[-] Osiris@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

Ultrasonic under screen readers dont need to light up that spot to work

[-] czech@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Ohhh I just assumed it was what my pixel 8 was using.

[-] Osiris@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Nope! The 9 is the first pixel that uses Ultrasonic. Its a massive upgrade from the optical scanner in the 7. Legitimately never misses

[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

fwiw the optical one in the Pixel 8 I use is pretty good and works better than the ultrasonic of my old Samsung, which was a disaster.

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