Oh my, that has just been there the whole time and I repeatedly glossed over it!
Yeah, it was about the same for me - so far no issues but I never ran in to the fingerprint issue either so I can't confirm whether or not it's resolved for me.
There was mention that the update was rolling out gradually to devices and different carriers, so there’s a good chance that it just hasn’t reached AT&T or your device just yet.
Yeah, it’s generally my preferred method but for small things like this that I’m personally not having issues with I let it do the thing in the background.