Pixel 6 fingerprint scanning woes? Google wants you to moisturize

Since its recent launch, the Pixel 6 range has experienced poor fingerprint scanning performance, and now Google has shed a little light on why its biosecurity feature may act a little more slowly than expected.

Google’s official Twitter account replied to a tweet that complained about the Pixel 6’s under-display fingerprint scanner being inaccurate, with the tech giant citing its “enhanced security algorithms” as being responsible for slower fingerprint recognition.

As can be seen from the tweet, Google claims that “these added protections can take longer to verify or require more direct contact with the sensor”, before pointing the original poster to its troubleshooting page.

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