Is Google Killing The Fingerprint Sensor on Pixel 6!?
If recently leaked images of the Pixel 6 are anything to go by, it looks as if the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro will not feature a fingerprint scanner  For the longest time, meaning since it first appeared, Googles Pixel phones have always used physical fingerprint scanners. And they were always located on the back  the best position, IMHO. The Pixel 4 used Googles facial unlock technology, but that was then nixed on the Pixel 5. Googles decision to remove face unlock on the Pixel 5 was done to make way for more premium features inside the phone (at a lower price point). The Pixel 5 featured a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, just like the Pixel 3a, and the Pixel 4a. But 2021s Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro could break with this tradition once again, as you can see below. Save  Save  Save  Save  Google Pixel 6 Pictures  No Finger Print Scanner In Sight  As you can see in the leaked pictures of Googles Pixel 6, there is no physical fingerprint sensor either on the front or the rear of the phone. These pictures are not official images, granted, so it could simply be a mistake on the part of the renders creator. But if it isnt  and that is a very real possibility  it means the Pixel 6 will ship without one. And that means it will either use an in-screen fingerprint sensor or, more likely, ditch the fingerprint biometric entirely and focus instead of facial unlocking, just like Apples iPhone 12 and iPhone 11. We know Google has face unlock tech at its disposal; it used it on the Pixel 4, for instance, so it stands to reason that this is what it will use on the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro. And because it has been a coupe of years since weve seen face unlock on a Pixel phone, it is likely that well see some pretty major improvements in its performance. Soniya Jobanputra, a product manager on the Pixel team, told the PA news agency back in 2020 that face unlock wasnt dead and would likely return at some point  We did a lot of work to bring that technology to life, so hopefully, well find a way to repurpose the work that was done in it because I think there are some wonderful innovations that we have in that feature but it may not come back in the form that youve seen it in the past. Soniya Jobanputra, a product manager on the Pixel team  If the leaked images of the Pixel 6 are to be believed, it looks as if Googles MIA face unlock could be making a return in 2021. Save Richard Goodwin has been working as a tech journalist for over 10 years. He is the editor and owner of KnowYourMobile. He has a personal blog too  Optimal Sauce  and you can subscribe to his weekly newsletter for tech HERE and blogging-related stuff HERE