Today we have shown you a full review of the Nexus 6, the latest smartphone in the Nexus range manufactured by Google. A device with great features but that Due to its high price, it makes us evaluate other options.
But there are still some secrets or curiosities about the Nexus 6, such as the fact that Google and Motorola were about to include a fingerprint sensor on the Nexus 6 which in the end, as you may have imagined, was not done. A shame because on the back button, with the Motorola logo, the fingerprint sensor would have been really good.
The Nexus 6 could have had a fingerprint sensor
It has been through the AOSP code where it has been known that Google was working on a Official API for Android that supports a fingerprint detection system which was finally rejected. While Samsung and Huawei incorporate in their devices a sensor that works with their own software, the case of the Nexus is different since it does not have native support for this type of hardware.
You can even see the concrete commmit, shipped end of august, tagged with the code "Shamu: erase fingerprint holder." Here Google was seriously wrong in my opinion.
To begin with, a fingerprint sensor, although it may not seem like it, is not that expensive. The Samsung Galaxy S5 fingerprint sensor cost $ 4, according to market analyst IHS. So we cannot say that the extra cost was a reason. Couldn't Google have had the API in time to make the fingerprint sensor work? And what a problem is that! They could perfectly have released an update in the future by adding this improvement.
Clearly sooner or later Google will bring a fingerprint API natively on Android. They will launch a mobile payment system with this type of reader and will revolutionize the market a little more. Although I am afraid that we will have to wait for Android 6.0, although they still surprise us before, but I doubt it.
What would you have thought of a Nexus 6 with a fingerprint sensor?