Samsung Galaxy S10 users receive 'urgent' security update for the fingerprint scanner

The Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus's fingerprint reader never works as expected almost 50 percent of the time. Image: tech2/Omkar Patne[/caption]The latest update is marked as a security update but doesn’t come with any update notes. According to GizmoChina, however, the latest update features what is being termed as a 'biometrics security patch' which is intended to make the in-display fingerprint scanner more secure. We're still waiting on confirmation on whether this update actually helps.Another report by Neowin states that the update makes the fingerprint scanner work a tad bit faster and also more reliable. The size of the update is 6.9 MB and if you have a Galaxy S10, it will arrive as a pop-up notification from the Galaxy Store app.The Korean company announced its latest Galaxy S10 series back in February and the Galaxy S10 happens to be Samsung’s first device with an in-display fingerprint scanner. Interestingly enough, the Galaxy S10 and S10 Plus also happen to be the first phones to feature an ultrasonic in-display scanner which was intended to be faster (which certainly wasn't the case when we reviewed the phone) and more secure than existing optical in-display scanners.