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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    21 hours ago

    Seriously. I’m tired of blinding myself at night when trying to sleepily check my phone. The sensor on the back of my old pixel could also be used to pull down the notification shade which I can’t easily reach with one hand, now, since the screen is so large.

    • JWBananas@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      There is a one-handed mode gesture that you can enable. It allows you to swipe straight down on the gesture bar to pull the entire top of the screen down.

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        9 hours ago

        I use that but it only works from the home screen. If I use the gesture from an app it just interact with the app.

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            1 hour ago

            I’m using a pixel 8 with graphene. If I try to use that gesture while browsing lemmy with the Sync app, for example, it just scrolls the feed back towards the top.

            I only explain bc I’m hoping I’m using it incorrectly.

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          17 hours ago

          Nope! The 9 is the first pixel that uses Ultrasonic. Its a massive upgrade from the optical scanner in the 7. Legitimately never misses

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            15 hours ago

            fwiw the optical one in the Pixel 8 I use is pretty good and works better than the ultrasonic of my old Samsung, which was a disaster.

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      19 hours ago

      I forgot about the gesture to pull down the notification bar. The was far superior. I could reach in to my pocket and have the phone unlocked before I even see the screen

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      19 hours ago

      On the back sucks, with your phone laying on a surface you can’t access the reader… Sony had it right, put it on the side, on the power button