Could the Pixel 7 phones support Face Unlock? A puzzling Pixel 6 Pro finding suggests the feature might be in the cards.
has dug into Android 12 for clues and found the setup screen has existed since the October 2021 build.
Moreover, the blog reminds us that German and UK retailers mentioned Face Unlock in marketing materials for the Pixel 6 last fall. Yet Google never enabled the feature.notes that it spotted Face Unlock development back in December. At the time, only the Pixel 6 Pro supported the feature. And it wasn’t a real 3D face recognition system. Instead, we’re looking at the less-secure face unlock system that Android had well before Apple’s Face ID.than the Pixel 6.
That’s one way the Pixel 7 phones could get a version of Face Unlock. Rather than using a complex camera system and/or the Soli chip to deliver safe 3D face authentication, Google might combine 2D face authentication with a different unlock mechanism. The former might offer quick screen unlocks, but the user would still use a fingerprint to authenticate payments and sensitive logins.
The second possible avenue for getting Face Unlock on Pixel 7 is placing the sensors under the screen. However, that’s a technology that not even Apple can deploy this year. Apple has had five years of 3D face recognition experience and can’t do it. The Face ID components
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