Google Could Soon Solve Pixel's Biggest Face Unlock Flaw
Code in Android 17 QPR3 Beta 1 suggests brightness controls and context-based toggles for the feature, which could make Pixel face unlock work in dim light.
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Google's New Face Active Illumination Aims to Fix Pixel Unlock in the Dark
Code in Android 17 QPR3 Beta 1 reveals Google's Face Active Illumination feature, designed to improve Pixel face unlock in low light by adjusting screen brightness with user controls for bedtime, driving, and dark environments. The software approach offers an immediate fix while hardware upgrades like Project Toscana remain in development.
Who uses a Pixel knows how the security harware works. With good light, facial unlocking works and even serves to authorize bank transactions thanks to biometric certification. The problem comes with little light. Without dedicated infrared sensors, the cell camera stays in the dark and forces to use fingerprints. Android [...]
Google is developing a function called Face Active Illumination to improve the facial recognition of the Pixels in the dark: this is how it will work.The article Here's how Google wants to improve the Face Unlock of the Pixels in the dark seems to be the first on Smartworld.
Since Apple launched Face ID almost a decade ago, no Android mobile has been able to reach it. Efficient facial unlocking seems to be one of the denied features for those who don’t have an iPhone. The good news is that Google is already working on a definitive solution that will come in the next Android 17 update. [...] Continue reading: Google prepares a real alternative to Face ID for Pixel
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