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Put em on the baaaaaaaack!!
The under screen ones suck in comparison so much ugh
Seriously. I'm tired of blinding myself at night when trying to sleepily check my phone. The sensor on the back of my old pixel could also be used to pull down the notification shade which I can't easily reach with one hand, now, since the screen is so large.
Ultrasonic under screen readers dont need to light up that spot to work
Ohhh I just assumed it was what my pixel 8 was using.
Nope! The 9 is the first pixel that uses Ultrasonic. Its a massive upgrade from the optical scanner in the 7. Legitimately never misses
fwiw the optical one in the Pixel 8 I use is pretty good and works better than the ultrasonic of my old Samsung, which was a disaster.
I forgot about the gesture to pull down the notification bar. The was far superior. I could reach in to my pocket and have the phone unlocked before I even see the screen
There is a one-handed mode gesture that you can enable. It allows you to swipe straight down on the gesture bar to pull the entire top of the screen down.
I use that but it only works from the home screen. If I use the gesture from an app it just interact with the app.
That's odd, I can use that gesture from any app. Wonder if it's phone-specific.
I'm using a pixel 8 with graphene. If I try to use that gesture while browsing lemmy with the Sync app, for example, it just scrolls the feed back towards the top.
I only explain bc I'm hoping I'm using it incorrectly.
I am using a stock Pixel 6a. From the home screen, I can swipe down anywhere to pull down the notification shade.
The one-handed mode gesture (and function) is different though. Settings → System → Gestures → One-handed mode:
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On the back sucks, with your phone laying on a surface you can't access the reader... Sony had it right, put it on the side, on the power button
That's the placement of the sensor on Samsung's Folds and it's great.
Motorola had it right, the sensor was right where my index fingers rested on the back. Unfortunately this isn't "premium" nor "hi-tech" enough to sell phones.
I had a phone with one on the back and currently have one with it on the screen. Personally I had absolutely no issues with its functionality in the screen and do prefer it over the back. I like that I can unlock my phone without having to pick it up off the desk or while its still in the mount on my vehicle dash.
Seems to work perfectly fine to me but maybe it's a quality issues with the brand of phones. Mine is a OnePlus and it's almost 4 years old now, still works fine and never had any issues.