The smartphone might boast an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner
Google’s upcoming Pixel 9 series is slated to receive a much-needed upgrade: a better fingerprint scanner.
According to a source familiar with the matter, Android Authority reports the smartphone line will sport the Qualcomm 3D Sonic Gen 2 ultrasonic fingerprint scanner at launch. That’s the same component powering fingerprint unlocking and authentication on Samsung’s Galaxy S24 Ultra.
To understand how big of an upgrade this is, you first need to understand the current situation on Pixel smartphones. To put it lightly, users do not like the optical fingerprint scanner inside Google’s hardware. You can find Reddit threads going back several years, with people consistently complaining about the feature’s poor performance. One person called it “useless,” while another wondered if something was wrong with their fingers.
