I don't know why anyone would want a face unlock instead of a simple fingerprint sensor. My phone is unlocked and ready for me before it even leaves my pocket.
The lack of it is one of the major reasons I'm not upgrading my Pixel 2.
The lack of it is one of the major reasons I'm not upgrading my Pixel 2.
From Mythbusters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAfAVGES-Yc
"Remember, according to the manufacturer says this lock has never been broken...."
Watch the whole video --- even the photocopy of the fingerprint was sufficient, which was the third (of three) attempted methods.... all of which worked.
On such an expensive phone even.
Snowboarding is basically the reason I assign unique ringtones to different contacts - typically there aren't many contacts that require an urgent response, so if I hear anything other than those urgent contact notification tones from my jacket, I can ignore and continue riding.
I use a ski tracking app, and communicate with my wife and kids while on the hill (we often go on different runs).
Since I live in Chicago and winter is approaching, I think it'll be pretty handy. I'm hoping their radar gesture thing will eventually allow triggering the Google Assistant, and then I can unlock and use most of my phone via voice without taking my gloves off.
I've got that combined with smart lock on the Pixel 3 - it goes a really long way, especially now that I have a smartwatch. (Which admittedly makes the phone assistant a touch redundant, but...)
Also - why not just use "Ok/Hey google"?
Yes. They brand it as "Active Edge" if you want a better google keyword.
None of the locking mechanisms I know protect you against all "threat vectors".
In particular, in case a shitty partner wants to access your phone while you are asleep, both fingerprint and google face unlock fail.
I do like the fingerprint sensor on pixel 2.
It could be even better if there was one on the screen for when the phone is on a flat surface, but it does the job well otherwise.
Nevertheless, an easy to use secure enough solution should work well enough against the threat most people worry about : somebody stealing their phone / forgetting it somewhere.
Which is fine. The value of a perfect condition pixel 2 is around 150 $ IIRC
Which is not very high .. BUT you can get a pretty nice first hand phone at this price. So I can understand why its value is way below what I bought it for and tbh I am kind of amazed at the technological marvel that even the shittiest smartphone on earth is.
I have marked the phone as "turns on, screen cracked". Which is accurate. The screen is VERY cracked but if you repair it, you have a perfectly working phone.
Repairing this screen would indeed cost me 150-200 $ .. So far I have decided that it is not worth it.
I get face unlock (because closed eyes and your muscles will be more relaxed), but why does the fingerprint sensor fail while you're asleep? Does it measure heart rate?
Not that Face ID is perfect. When I go to the doctor, they make us wear masks, and I do breathing treatments a few times a day - all of which breaks Face ID.
I assume that the mask covers only a portion of your face; if it's a full-face mask, then obviously this would greatly degrade your device's security by allowing anyone wearing that mask to unlock it. However, I've found that Face ID can do a pretty good job of recognizing you from the nose up.