Here's why you shouldn't rush out and update your Google Pixel or Nexus

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Here's why you shouldn't rush out and update your Google Pixel or Nexus
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New software updates are great for your phone — they ***** security holes and bugs and add new features — except when they break a core feature, like your phone's fingerprint sensor.

According to multiple reports on Google's Pixel (https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/phone-by-google/9wolcD-dCp0/K6fhR8g6AAAJ) and Nexus (https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/nexus/vLbK8_TF7vE/27XCSnZvBQAJ) product forums, the latest Android 7.1.2 **ugat update cripples the fingerprint sensor on the Pixel/Pixel XL (http://mashable.com/2016/10/18/google-pixel-xl-review/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) and Nexus 5X/Nexus 6P, rendering them useless.

SEE ALSO: 7 features to look forward to in Android O (http://mashable.com/2017/03/21/google-android-o-developer-preview-download/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)


Users on both phone forums are reporting that they're unable to unlock their phones with the rear-positioned fingerprint sensors.*

The update also prevents users from registering new fingerprints as well; deleting old fingerprints doesn't seem to fix the issues. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/15/android-7-1-2-update-breaking-pixel-nexus-fingerprint-sensors/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)

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