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Users Clamor for Return of Physical Fingerprint Readers

Tim January 18, 2024 100

The biometric hierarchy for unlocking your smartphone appears to be the following: Physical fingerprint reader, ultrasonic fingerprint reader, optical fingerprint reader, and then below those everything else. At least, that's what users on the internet are...

Qualcomm’s New In-Screen Fingerprint Reader is 17x Bigger, Allows for Dual Finger Authentication

Tim December 3, 2019

Besides new Snapdragon 865 processor hype, Qualcomm also announced new in-display fingerprint reader tech this week. The new sensor is a lot larger, 17x larger to be exact, allowing for dual fingerprint authentication. That, of course, leads to better security...

Google Wants You to Use Fingerprints Instead of Passwords in Chrome

Tim August 12, 2019

Available today for Pixel devices and coming to all Android devices with a fingerprint reader and running Nougat+ in the next couple of days, you can now use your fingerprint to log into certain services when using Chrome for Android. Built using the FIDO2 ...

A First Look at the Galaxy S10 In-Display Fingerprint Reader is Here

Kellen February 6, 2019

The numerous leaks of the Samsung Galaxy S10 have led us to believe that Samsung will use an in-display fingerprint reader and ditch the capacitive touchpad versions that have been used for years. We believe that because none of the renders or device pictures...

More Phones Need the Moto Z3 Play’s Side Fingerprint Reader

Kellen June 26, 2018 107

I've spent the last handful of days with the new Moto Z3 Play, and while I'm certainly a fan of the phone already, there is one particular design choice that I really like and wish more companies would adopt. The Moto Z3 Play has a side-embedded fingerprint...

Removing a Fingerprint Reader From Your “Future” Phone is Such a Terrible Idea

Kellen September 12, 2017 195

Last year, Apple attempted to justify their removal of the headphone jack in the iPhone 7 with one word: "courage." In Apple's mind, it was going to take guts for someone to move the audio industry forward, and that someone was going to be them. Of course,...

Wednesday Poll: Do You Use Your Phone’s Fingerprint Reader?

Kellen February 1, 2017 106

Just over a year ago, we asked you all if you were using the fingerprint reader on your phone. Thankfully, a solid 60% of you said "Yes!" that you are. Unfortunately, the other 40% either did not have a fingerprint reader on their phone or just flat out said,...

Xiaomi’s New Mi5s has an Under-Glass “Ultrasonic” Fingerprint Sensor, Which is Cool

Kellen September 27, 2016 106

Xiaomi, the Chinese electronics manufacturer who makes phones we all want to take for a spin yet can't because they won't sell them here, announced a bunch of new products today. I'd try and get you all hyped on them because this stuff is pretty great, but the...