Face recognition and fingerprint opens the phone immediately to home screen when locked but if you have enabled smart lock, and wearing a mask
😷, or got the phone at an angle, on a table for instance, when you double tap to open or with the power button, whilst smart lock enabled, it takes you to the slide to unlock screen, which I find annoying and pointless.
So, how to disable it?
Tasker may be able to do it but I can't figure it out. However...
Download "Automagic"
Create new flow.
Trigger Display state: on.
Action Dismiss slide to unlock keyguard.
Done and sorted. Lockscreen security works as normal, but with smart lock on (trusted devices or places etc) you can simply double tap screen to wake up and continue where you left off. Brilliant if your screen keeps timing out because you're not looking directly at the screen.
Had it on S9+ and now S21U.