With One UI 8.5 and the May security patch, the Galaxy S25 FE is getting a fingerprint “Improve Accuracy” option that lets users rescan their registered prints up to 10 times—making unlocks more reliable. It’s not available on other Galaxy S25 models yet, incl
The moment Samsung’s Galaxy S25 FE starts asking you to rescan your fingerprints, it becomes hard to ignore what the company has done: it’s quietly made an everyday security step feel less fragile.
With One UI 8.5 and the May security patch. the Galaxy S25 FE is now offering a fingerprint “Improve Accuracy” feature—something that first appeared in the Galaxy S26 series. Instead of treating your registered prints as fixed. the update lets users re-scan a finger multiple times so the phone can unlock more reliably. even when the finger isn’t at its cleanest.
The feature is unusually specific to the S25 FE right now. A post on X by user Alfatürk says the Galaxy S25 FE is receiving the “Increase Accuracy” feature for fingerprints with the One UI 8.5 update and the May security patch. In the same reports. the key detail is how many chances Samsung is giving the phone to get it right: users can rescan their fingerprints up to 10 times.
That matters because the alternative workarounds are exactly what most people don’t want—registering the same fingerprint multiple times and hoping the phone lands in the “good enough” range. Samsung’s new option is designed to remove that hassle and make unlocking faster and more reliable without requiring a duplicated setup.
For anyone who expected Samsung to roll it out broadly across the Galaxy S25 lineup at the same time. the timing is where the story gets tense. One reason is simple: the May security patch appears to have landed around the same period for S25 users. but the new feature isn’t showing up on other S25 phones.
In hands-on checks described with the source’s setup. the feature didn’t appear on Galaxy S25 Ultra or Galaxy S25 Plus units after installing One UI 8.5. Yet it was available on the Galaxy S25 FE unit using the same One UI 8.5 update. Even Samsung’s flagship S25 Ultra—typically the first place for new experiences—was missing the option.
If you have a Galaxy S25 FE already updated, Samsung’s path to it is straightforward. Users can go to the “Fingerprints” option in Settings. tap a registered fingerprint. and select “Improve Accuracy” from the floating menu. After that, the device lets you rescan your finger up to 10 times. The process can be repeated for every fingerprint registered on the device.
Samsung hasn’t said what the rollout order means. But with the FE variant getting the feature before other S25 phones. it’s hard not to wonder whether the company is testing the experience—or whether other models will be next in a future update. For now. the upgrade is clearly available on the Galaxy S25 FE. and that makes it the first place in the S25 lineup where people can try a more forgiving fingerprint setup.
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Wait so it makes your fingerprint unlock better? Cool I guess.
So basically Samsung’s saying fingerprints are annoying unless you rescan like 10 times. That seems… backwards? Also why only the S25 FE lol.
I saw this on TikTok and I thought it was like they’re making it easier for hackers to get in. Like “rescan up to 10 times” sounds like less security to me. Unless they mean something else.
Not gonna lie this reads like they fixed a problem they created. If the phone needs you to rescan your finger up to 10 times then it’s not accurate… at all. My cousin had an older Galaxy and it just worked, now they’re rolling out “Improve Accuracy” on FE only like it’s a special feature. Also the May patch part—wasn’t that when everybody was complaining about random stuff breaking? Maybe I’m mixing articles but yeah.