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- Google has confirmed a crucial detail related to the Google Pixel 6a fingerprint scanner.
- The in-display fingerprint sensor is not the same as the controversial system in the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro.
- Unfortunately, we don’t yet know if the unlocking experience on the Pixel 6a will be better or worse.
When the Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro landed, they were met with universal acclaim. Here at Android Authority, both phones earned our coveted Editor’s Choice badge, while the vanilla Pixel 6 went on to earn our best Android phone award for all of 2021.
However, pretty much every reviewer around the web agreed that the worst part of the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro was the fingerprint scanner. Slow and unreliable, the scanner was heavily criticized. Thankfully, we’ve learned that the Google Pixel 6a fingerprint scanner might not suffer the same fate.