TL;DR
- Strings in the latest Android 15 beta suggest the OS can automatically delete biometrics that aren’t working well.
- Android will delete your face or fingerprint unlock when they aren’t working well and then prompt you to set them up again.
- We don’t know how the OS determines when a biometric isn’t working well or if this feature is even live yet in the latest Android 15 beta, though.
_Your face isn’t well.
Delete._
I have no mouth and I must scream.
Well I hope it prompts first and deletes after…
I’ve been waiting for technology that can delete my face
They’re going to delete… my face?!?
Better hide it fast. Little green droid is coming for it
So phones with under screen fingerprint sensors are just going to be prompting their users ever day right?
There are two types of underscreen sensors. The ultrasonic ones work great, even better than the back sensors I’ve used. Your finger taps and it’s unlocked, simple as that.
The second type are the optical sensors, and these are the bad ones. You tap it and have to hold for the scan to complete, but it might fail because the screen is slightly smudged, or the light didnt hit your finger on the right angle, the room might be too dark/bright…
Never had a problem with mine
The one on the pixel phones suck, constantly have issues with mine
A vocal bunch bitched about this, but I’ve had the 6+7+8 Pro pixels (with under-screen sensors) and I’ve never had an issue, all ordered during product announcement. Family (who I hand-down when I upgrade) have never complained either. I use my phone near constantly and unlock actually hundreds of times a day. 🤷♂️
Ok, so if I wanna get into your phone, I just gotta wait and fail to unlock it.
Somehow I don’t think it also deletes the password too
You guys use biometrics?
Yeah, lol. Who has the time to type a passcode or pattern unlock when a single click or glance can unlock your phone within a second.
Police and airport staff almost everywhere are able to force you to unlock your phone if it uses biometrics but not patterns/passwords
PSA: Stock Android phones, since… maybe Android 12.x or so(?), have a Lockdown mode in the power button shortcut menu that disables bio unlocks and forces pin or password.
I just stay away from countries where they have the authority to do that.
I never had contact with police or airport staff where they wanted me to unlock my phone. And I doubt that this will happen anytime soon if ever.
It’s not a problem, until it is a problem.
“It hasn’t happened yet” is not a valid basis for making decisions.
It probably heavily depends on where you are from. I guess you are from the US?
It probably heavily depends on where you are from.
What makes you think so?
Because generally the TSA in Yankland are overly aggressive, but to be fair it can happen anywhere and here in the UK if they snag you into the backroom and want to search your phone you’re screwed either way since they, can.
