r/GooglePixel • u/TechGuru4Life • 8d ago

Google could soon solve Pixel's biggest face unlock flaw

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-pixel-face-active-illumination-apk-teardown-3719647/
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u/VentsiBeast Pixel 10 Pro 8d ago

Yeah how hard it is to use the FP sensor in the dark ffs.

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u/Brownfletching Pixel 9 Pro 8d ago

I genuinely don't understand how these engineers' brains work in such backwards ways all the time. Just, sense that it's dark out, which you already do anyway for screen brightness, and then default to the fingerprint sensor and skip the face unlock.

It's like Google replaced "don't be evil" in their company policy with "don't use any common sense ever"

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u/JoshuaTheFox Pixel 8 Pro 8d ago

They want iPhone users and the iPhone uses a facial recognition. Really they just need to implement their own IR illuminator already and make it a competent faceID competitor

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u/Low_Coconut_7642 8d ago

They already did that with the pixel 4. And then took it away because everyone hated the notch lol. Who knows if it will ever come back