Fingerprint reader and sweaty hands

[David Parody]

Has anyone else noticed that if you have sweaty fingers, the fingerprint reader on Pixel2XL won't work?

Was at a meeting today and it was hot room, suddenly realised that I couldn't unlock the phone with the fingerprint reader. Turns out sweaty hands don't work... wonder what's going to happen in summer as I live in hot climes!

David

 

[DesertTwang]

Has anyone else noticed that if you have sweaty fingers, the fingerprint reader on Pixel2XL won't work?

Was at a meeting today and it was hot room, suddenly realised that I couldn't unlock the phone with the fingerprint reader. Turns out sweaty hands don't work... wonder what's going to happen in summer as I live in hot climes!

David

Sounds like you're doomed. I live in a hot climate, too (Arizona). I may have to revert to some extreme measures like wiping my finger on my sweater or something...

 

[toiday]

That's is the issues with finger print reader in general, not just in Pixel phones.

 

[sixty_four]

I notice the same thing if I have lotion on my hands or if I've been gripping things tightly enough to temporarily deform my fingerprint.

 

[Ca_lvn]

Yep moist finger no go , Flawless and fast any other time

 

[anon(5630457)]

I wonder if there's some way to wipe away moisture from one's hands?

 

[Mike Dee]

Never had a problem with sweaty fingers

 

[chriskwarren]

I had some moisturizer on my hands today and the scanner didn't work and wouldn't work.

I registered my moisturized finger as a new fingerprint and had no issues since.

 

[blackhemi4x4]

Mine works just fine, even with infant spit up residue

 

[Ca_lvn]

Mine works just fine, even with infant spit up residue

Off subject but the kids got peanut butter on the Google fiber case and it cleaned up nice and easy

 

[worldspy99]

Moist/wet fingers cause issues with FPS on most phones, iPhones included.

 

[swap2988]

Its a very common issue. Well the very first step is wipe your finger and still if it doesn't recognise, just press a little more(gently) so a large part of finger print is covered.

 

[johnnnnnymtl]

I used to have this issue with my Samsung phone, but I find it flawless on pixel 2 even with sweaty fingers. I was quite shocked that my Pixel 2 fingerprint scanner worked with wrinkled (just coming out of the shower) fingers too! I'm quite impressed...