In the past two months, dozens of people who purchased Google’s new Pixel 6a phone have reported on Reddit and YouTube that the fingerprint scanner can pose a security risk, unlocking the device with ...

With the Pixel 6a now available in stores, some buyers have noticed that any fingerprint is able to unlock their new phones in a rather worrying security lapse by Google. Last weekend, two reports out ...

Now that they're in smartphones, fingerprint scanners seem to be everywhere, but what's really going on behind the scenes when they're scanned?

Today, Google officially kicked off the rollout of the next Android version for developers by launching the second developer preview (DP2) of Android 16. The Android 16 DP2 not only introduces ...

Biometric locks like face recognition are easy to set up—but thanks to a legal loophole, they're easier for law enforcement ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. The fingerprint reader on your Pixel 9 series phone could soon add a new feature to its speedy unlockness.

Samsung is expected to speed up fingerprint unlocking on the Galaxy S24 series with the One UI 7 update. Fingerprint unlocking on the Galaxy S24 family has been widely criticized for being slower than ...

The next generation of Google’s Pixel smartphones has arrived. While the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro are mostly iterative refinements on Google’s now-established designs, the company packed in a few ...