Google Inc. launched its Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones at the “Made by Google” event earlier this month. The smartphones come with an impressive camera, which carries a DxOMark Mobile score of 89, ...

The all-new Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge Plus feature big 5.7-inch displays and top tier specs, and one of the many new features is the much improved fingerprint scanner for security. This ...

The toggle to enable the Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock feature is missing from Android 16 Beta 4, but it’s still possible to enable it via a hidden command. Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock allows Pixel ...

Fingerprint scanners went from a novelty to a useful and highly secure piece of the smartphone puzzle over a fairly short period of time, leading them to being found on most flagship smartphones these ...

Fortunately, there seems to be a relatively easy fix to reactivate the fingerprint scanner – install firmware from Europe. A plucky XDA user decided to bite the bullet and see what happens when ...

Many of Apple’s phones (anything from the iPhone 5s to the iPhone 8 Plus), a large chunk of its iPads and even some of its laptops have Touch ID – the firm’s proprietary fingerprint sensing technology ...

Samsung’s Galaxy S5 includes a fingerprint scanner embedded in the home button, and that hardware will be made available to third-party devs, the company announced today at a developer-focused event ...

In this guide we’ll explain how to setup and use the Galaxy Note 8 fingerprint scanner. Samsung’s new phone has a biometric Iris eye scanner, facial recognition and more, but most will stick to the ...