How to make your Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P faster, more accurate to unlock

Unlock your Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X without hassle each and every time with this simple trick

THIS simple tricks trains your new Nexus smartphone to recognise your fingerprint – even if you miss the sensor.

 

Google unveiled its impressive new Nexus smartphones last month.

Both new Google smartphones boast the latest version of the Android operating system, improved cameras and a fingerprint sensor – bringing biometric security to the Marshmallow handsets.

Huawei and LG – the manufacturers behind the new Nexus smartphones – have chosen to mount the fingerprint scanners on the back of the devices, beneath the rear camera module.

 

It's convenient when you are holding the new smartphones one-handed, but it can take a little getting used to.

Unfortunately it's not incredibly useful when you are using the smartphones on a flat surface, and the rear-mounted sensor can also be quite easy to overshoot – leaving you blindly fumbling to find the sensor to unlock your device.

Luckily there is a nifty trick to help improve the accuracy of your Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X fingerprint sensor, which should make unlocking your phone much faster.

 

The news comes days after two controversial new videos appeared to show the flagship Nexus 6P almost folding in half during a bend test.

Android 6.0 Marshmallow allows smartphone owners to register up to five separate fingerprint profiles within the Nexus Imprint settings menu.

But by using these each of these profiles to register a different part of the same finger – the one you use most often to unlock your new smartphone – you can make the sensor almost impossible to miss.

 

Registering multiple locations on the same digit can make the sensor more accurate

To set-up the nifty trick, navigate to the Settings app then tap Security > Nexus Imprint.

Register five different locations on the finger you use most frequently to unlock the Google device and you will dramatically improve the accuracy of the rear-mounted fingerprint sensor.

Like the Apple iPhone, the more you use the fingerprint sensor on the Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X, the more accurate it becomes.