Galaxy Z Fold 6 now not prompts you to arrange a fingerprint

What you have to know

• Earlier right now, Samsung unveiled a brand new lineup of wearables and foldable telephones. 
• This contains the Galaxy Z Fold 6, with its side-mounted fingerprint scanner. 
• In the course of the preliminary setup course of, the Fold 6 seemingly now not prompts customers to register fingerprints for biometrics. 

With the official announcement out of the way in which, Samsung’s summer time lineup of merchandise is making its manner into the fingers of reviewers, Android Central included. Shortly after Unpacked got here to an in depth, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 landed on my doorstep. 

Evidently, I wasted little time getting it out of the field as a way to get the whole lot arrange. All through the preliminary setup course of, there was one factor that I seen — the Fold 6 did not immediate me to register any fingerprints or different biometrics. As an alternative, I used to be solely prompted to enter the passcode from my earlier cellphone, the Galaxy Z Fold 5.

It isn’t just like the Fold 6 does not have a fingerprint scanner, because it’s constructed into the “Aspect” button embedded within the body. That is the primary time that I can keep in mind once I wasn’t prompted to both register a fingerprint or use face recognition. Fortunately, this was shortly remedied by leaping into the Safety and Privateness settings, deciding on Biometrics, after which following the on-screen steps.

What stays unclear is whether or not the choice to arrange fingerprints is being faraway from the onboarding course of. It is solely doable that there is only a random bug that can be squashed with a continuing replace. In loads of situations, firms launch a “Day One” software program patch, fixing issues that may not be working proper and could not be taken care of earlier than shipments start.