Google has finally opted to utilize an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner with the Pixel 9 series. It is included in the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, and Pixel 9 Pro XL devices which were announced yesterday.
The Google Pixel 9 series has a rather familiar ultrasonic fingerprint scanner
The Pixel 9 Pro Fold also launched yesterday, but that phone includes a side-facing fingerprint scanner, a capacitive one. Now, the three aforementioned Pixel 9 devices use a familiar ultrasonic fingerprint scanner.
They use the same sensor as the one Samsung used in its Galaxy smartphones. To be more exact, they’re using Qualcomm’s 3D Sonic Gen 2 unit. Qualcomm says that this is the world’s fastest ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor.
Google says that this sensor is “50% faster” than the optical fingerprint scanner used in previous Pixel phones. We had a chance to briefly test it, and it does feel notably faster than the ones Google used previously.
Ultrasonic fingerprint scanners are a more secure option than optical ones
It is always nice to see an improvement like this, that’s for sure. The optical in-display fingerprint scanner served its purpose, but it was notably slower than the ones Google’s competitors are offering. Well, this one could close the gap.
Needless to say, ultrasonic fingerprint scanners are more secure and more advanced than optical in-display fingerprint scanners. More and more smartphone OEMs are using them, as they should.
Google’s new Pixel 9 phones are rather interesting, and there’s a lot to choose from here. Google actually launched two ‘Pro’ slab phones, which are basically on the same level, but they are different in terms of size. Google didn’t really cut corners with the smaller model.
There’s also the Pixel 9, which is the most affordable in the lineup, and has a managable 6.3-inch display. The Pixel 9 Pro Fold is a lot different than Google’s first-gen foldable, and it does look very interesting at first. The initial impressions are quite good.
2024-08-14 15:06:20