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Google's Android 16 update will let you use the fingerprint scanner even when the screen is off

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Google 's upcoming Android 16 update will allow Pixel users to enable screen unlocking through the fingerprint scanner even when their screen is off.

When enabled, the Screen -off Fingerprint Unlock feature allows users to simply press their registered finger onto the scanner area on their Pixel 's display, even when the screen is pitch black.

The feature was added for Pixel 9 phones on the second developer preview of Android 16 , but as of the latest beta update it has been brought to all eligible Pixels with an on-screen fingerprint scanner.

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