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Five years later, ultrasonic fingerprint sensors are finally coming to more Android phones (9to5google.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In-display fingerprint sensors have become commonplace in virtually all Android smartphones, for better or for worse, and five years later...

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Are ultrasonic sensors better apart from the light hing? That I have never even thought about could be a problem.
Mine detects b between up to 5 fingers, and it's fast and with good accuracy, which is nice because depending on the situation I may use either hand.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They are way better, faster without sacrificing precision/security. With an ultrasonic sensor I can simply tap the screen and it's unlocked, where with the optical ones I'd need to press for a second before unlocking, sometimes having to shuffle my finger around.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I experienced the complete opposite. Ultrasonic was crap, inaccurate, and slow (until it stopped working completely), while optical was just a tap, and very accurate

[–] darkstar -1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You probably used some cheap crappy chinese knock off ultrasonic then, because they do work, and much much better than optical

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I have the P9p and have more issues with the (ultra sonic) sensor than I did with the (optical sensor) on the previous P8p.

I even compared both in hand before trading in the older phone and the P8p scanning was much better.

Though I have to mention; to improve the optical sensor reading I had to do 4 fingerprints with different brightness for each scan, and that what helped a lot.

Too bad I can't do the same with the Ultrasonic sensor since it doesn't care about the brightness on the screen.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yeah, a "cheap" top tier huawei p30 pro that cost about 600$ when it was new 😆

I dont think ultrasonic can be better, but regardless of sensor tech, in screen sensor is absolutely crap, i put the inventors to the same box as the inventors/pushers of micro usb, curved edge phone screens, removing jack connectors, etc... these things arey very annoying, and very useless.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I went Galaxy S22 Ultra (ultrasonic) to Pixel 8 Pro (optical) to Pixel 9 XL (ultrasonic).

My impression was the performance improved over time with the Galaxy and Pixel 8. I find the Pixel 9 worst overall, but figure they'll improve it in software.

No data to back that up.

It mostly struggles when my hand is wet. I miss the Pixel 4's face unlock.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Pixel 9 pro struggles with my finger scan if it's too dry. I guess washing hands removes the body naturally produced oil and that makes it harder to scan.