Oct 19, 2023
Can I expect a significantly better fingerprint scanner experience on Pixel 8 Pro than the Pixel 7?
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Oct 21, 2023
Pixel's "fingerprint-on-the-screen" is as good as anyone else's, but still a downgrade from "on-the-back".
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Oct 20, 2023
Big features this year are camera, AI, brightness of screen but fp seems the same to me.
Idaho Joe
Pixel's "fingerprint-on-the-screen" is as good as anyone else's, but still a downgrade from "on-the-back".
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Dec 9, 2023
Setting up multiple fingers and hope one of your fingers will work is a "workaround", not a "solution" of the problem.
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Nov 19, 2023
I've had brilliant finger print scanners.on OnePlus 8 Pro and OnePlus 6T. SONY experia 4 back in 2016 I believe was not as good but still functioned better than the Pixel 8 Pro!!! I shouldn't have switched to Pixel.
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Google needs to return the sensor to the back and make it a dedicated sensor like on the 4a.
Had I known it was this bad, I would never have bought the phone. I have been using google phones back to the early Nexus ones!
Mar 10, 2024
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Dec 24, 2023
Recalibration requires that you connect your phone to a PC. If you Google "recalibrate pixel 8 fingerprint sensor" you'll find lots of information on the topic. One good article is Ifixit's How to Calibrate the Fingerprint Sensor in your Google Pixel Phone.
I don't have any problems with my sensor, so I'm not going to try the process. If you do, please let us know what your results are.
Jan 3, 2024
OK it didn't do anything. At first I thought it was better but I soon saw it wasn't. Personally, I don't think the issue the the FP sensor, it's the phone not waking up the FP sensor. I need to press power OR double tap the screen to wake it up properly as my touch doesn't do it.
What I did:
1. Updated the driver
2. Rebooted twice afterwards. (and a few other times here and there)
3. Deleted ALL registered fingers and re-did them
4. Removed screen protector (on or off, the same including the increased sensitivity for the FP scanner)
I now enabled Watch Unlock so I can be less frustrated. My P7P did the same but not as bad as this one. My Galaxy S20FE was even better for the FP Sensor.
Anyways, thanks for your help Joe, too bad I couldn't continue this TC stuff but was conflicting with my work. :)
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Apr 4, 2024
Hey, we are screwed anyway, coz we all, signed up to accepting that for example, if in 6 months any kind of defaults happens to a lot of us, like a screen growing a zip etc...we opted out of being able to sue them etc. without us knowing. Google....plase dont be like CRAPPLE!.
You telling me after all these years you can't sort a fingerprint?
geez, I was a super-happy Google fan dude...got over 30 of their collectables, loads of stuff....but my Oneplus 8 Pro from 2020 would EASY demolish this phone.
A Pixel Pro?
Proffesional idiot more like.
BRING BACK THE LG v30 fingerprint scanner.
Whats with this hollow Poundland sounding screen?
Apr 23, 2024
You can change your settings so your display always shows the fingerprint sensor, even when itโs asleep.
- Open your phone's Settings app.
- Tap Display
Lock screen.
- Turn on Always show time & info.
Apr 25, 2024
If its humid or you are cold it wont work. You need pin.
Or try face, but it only works in proper light. You need pin.
Many times you try it for max number of attempts and then its pin again...
So useless for s flagship phone. Embarrassing tech and implementation from a tech giant like Google.
I came from a ert old Huawei P20 pro and the fps worked flawless on that much older phone.
This is at the level were i consider to not buy another Google phone because the quality of this central functionality is just too bad.