The Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock feature in Android 16 lets Pixel phones use their fingerprint scanners even when the screen is off.

Generally speaking, companies don’t acknowledge the existence of new smartphones until the official unveiling, even though everyone knows they’re coming. To that end, the Pixel 10 is guaranteed to follow 2024’s Pixel 9 and 2023’s Pixel 8 later this year, and we’ve even seen leaked renders of what it might look like.

Android Authority reports that after testing the ability to unlock Pixel 9 phones using its under-display fingerprint scanner even if the display is off, Google has expanded that test to other Pixel devices in the third Android 16 beta.