Thankfully, you can enable fingerprint sensor gestures to pull down the notification shade. (androidcentral.com)
Essential's slowly added new features as time's gone on, such as fingerprint sensor gestures, UI themes that changed based on your wallpaper, and more. (androidcentral.com)
It has also been confirmed that the upcoming update will not add fingerprint sensor gestures as it is now seen in the Moto G5 phones. (nashvillechatterclass.com)