The Android 15 update is causing some Fairphone 5 phones to become bricked, but only if the fingerprint sensor is broken. A ...

Fairphone and its partners are actively exploring a software patch that would allow Android 15 to boot even with a faulty ...

Android 15 update is now rolling out to Fairphone 5 users. However, it has a major flaw and bricking devices with fingerprint ...

Previously, users had to rely on workarounds like activating the always-on display or using the tap-to-wake feature for the in-display fingerprint sensor to work. But with Android 16 DP3, Google ...

Android 16 will make it quicker to unlock the phone with biometrics. In Android 16 DP2, there's a new toggle in the security settings to use the fingerprint sensor when the screen is off.

The update to Android 14 Beta 3 has, for some, left Pixel devices without an operable fingerprint sensor. Not only does the sensor not work, but Android also doesn’t seem to recognize it’s there.

Android 14 Beta 3 basically removes fingerprint sensor function from some Pixel phones On affected phones, Android doesn’t seem to recognize that the fingerprint scanner is a part of the picture.

Two days between charges is just about possible with the Pixel Watch 3. A fingerprint sensor would undoubtedly drop this figure once again.

Researchers have found a way to bypass ten different phones’ fingerprint authentication by brute-forcing. The bypass, which only works on Android devices, takes as little as 45 minutes and $15 worth ...