Starting with the Pixel 6 series which was released in 2021, all Pixel models feature an under-display fingerprint sensor. For the biometric reader to be working on these Pixel devices, the screen must be on. Most smartphones don’t have this restriction and Google is looking to remove it from the under-display fingerprint scanners used on the Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, Pixel 6a, Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel 7a, Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel 8a, Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, and Pixel 9a models.
With Android 16 Developer Preview 2, Google added the Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock feature only to the Pixel 9 line. But with the latest Android 16 Beta 3 release, the feature is available to all Pixel models with the…