Swipe Fingerprint for Notifications Inconsistent

[brosko]

I've noticed that if you put your finger on the sensor and wait a second before swiping down or up it seems!s to respond better. Like it needs a second to register that your finger is on the sensor?

 

[sixty_four]

I just got a Pixel 3 and noticed the swipe gesture on the fingerprint sensor to pull down the notification shade is not very consistent. This feature works a lot better on my Pixel 2.

Is this a hardware issue or something that can be resolved with software?

 

[GSDer]

I just got a Pixel 3 and noticed the swipe gesture on the fingerprint sensor to pull down the notification shade is not very consistent. This feature works a lot better on my Pixel 2.

Do you have a case on your Pixel 3? If you remove it (temporarily of course) does that feature work correctly?

 

[sixty_four]

Do you have a case on your Pixel 3? If you remove it (temporarily of course) does that feature work correctly?

I'm not using a case on either my Pixel 2 or Pixel 3. The fingerprint sensor on the 2 responds consistently when using different swipe pressures and speeds. The 3 is inconsistent but seems to work best when I perform a slow and deliberate swipe. Swiping up is more inconsistent than swiping down.

 

[GSDer]

I'm not using a case on either my Pixel 2 or Pixel 3. The fingerprint sensor on the 2 responds consistently when using different swipe pressures and speeds. The 3 is inconsistent but seems to work best when I perform a slow and deliberate swipe. Swiping up is more inconsistent than swiping down.

Since you have both devices you can use something like DevCheck https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=flar2.devcheck to identify the fingerprint sensors in both phones; I'm guessing that they used a different sensor in the Pixel 3 line and for whatever reason it's not as responsive in this scenario.
Hard to tell if they can/will fix it with software but the squeaky wheel gets the grease - send feedback!

 

[Mike Dee]

I'm not using a case on either my Pixel 2 or Pixel 3. The fingerprint sensor on the 2 responds consistently when using different swipe pressures and speeds. The 3 is inconsistent but seems to work best when I perform a slow and deliberate swipe. Swiping up is more inconsistent than swiping down.

My biggest problem is I forget it's a feature.

 

[sixty_four]

My biggest problem is I forget it's a feature.

It's a useful feature on the smaller Pixels.

 

[Mike Dee]

It's a useful feature on the smaller Pixels.

I would think it would be useful on both sizes.....even more on larger unless I'm missing something.

 

[sixty_four]

I would think it would be useful on both sizes.....even more on larger unless I'm missing something.

I can see it being useful on the XLs but even more so on the smaller ones that can be more easily operated with one hand.

 

[brosko]

Same difference. If you can operate the smaller phone easily enough with 1 hand than you can swipe notifications from the screen too all the same. More of an added convenience for both sizes I think.

 

[sixty_four]

Same difference. If you can operate the smaller phone easily enough with 1 hand than you can swipe notifications from the screen too all the same. More of an added convenience for both sizes I think.

It's much easier to use the fingerprint scanner with my index finger to pull the notification shade down than it is to swipe down with my thumb from the top of the screen. My thumbs won't reach. So no, not "same difference".

I can reach across the wish of the smaller phone easily and type one handed. This is difficult for me on the XL.

 

[Mike Dee]

It's much easier to use the fingerprint scanner with my index finger to pull the notification shade down than it is to swipe down with my thumb from the top of the screen. My thumbs won't reach. So no, not "same difference".

I can reach across the wish of the smaller phone easily and type one handed. This is difficult for me on the XL.

I was referring to just the FPS access

 

[brosko]

It's much easier to use the fingerprint scanner with my index finger to pull the notification shade down than it is to swipe down with my thumb from the top of the screen. My thumbs won't reach. So no, not "same difference".

I can reach across the wish of the smaller phone easily and type one handed. This is difficult for me on the XL.

Make sense. Guess I never realized that with my gorilla hands. Lol

 

[Beachboy63]

This feature is very inconsistent on my Pixel 3XL, both with a case and without a case. Sometimes it works exactly as it should. But then I'll try to repeat it and I'll get nothing after swiping down several times. The feature did work more consistently on my Pixel 2XL.