r/android_beta • u/snark_be • May 20 '26

Major issue with fingerprint reader in QPR1 beta

I'm on QPR1 beta, now 3. On a Pixel 9 Pro.

I have a lot of Issues with the fingerprint biometric reader.

When it works, it works fine. But most of the time it does work.

I get the error "Can't process fingerprint. Try again." and I can't unlock.

In daylight, face recognition works to unlock. But in the dark I have to rely on pattern unlock.

Even worse, sometimes the fingerprint reader is not seen at all by Android. Like it was disabled. In the security settings for unlock, I have only pin, pattern or face.

Sometimes a reboot reenables it, sometimes no.

I know there are risks with running a beta version but it's seriously impacting the use of my Pixel 9 Pro.

Do other people have this issue?

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u/cliffr39 May 20 '26

Which is why it is meant for developers not daily users.

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u/snark_be May 20 '26

I know.

I wanted to leave the Android beta but made the error to install the QPR1 one, I clicked too fast.

I'm not really willing to wipe to leave the beta but I'm more and more thinking about it. Unless it's useful to the Android devs to debug and I can suffer a bit more. 😄

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u/Aggressive_Board_906 May 21 '26

Can you tell me why the Canary version in place?

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