▲ 82 ▼ Why the Pixel 8's Face Unlock upgrade is a big deal (www.androidcentral.com) submitted 2 years ago by FragmentedChicken@lemdro.id to c/android@lemdro.id 56 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Polar@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) Pixel 4 was, and it was better than Apple's implementation. It's crazy that Google did it once and beat Apple. Then they dropped it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MakeItCount@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) They dropped it because people were complaining about the massive forehead permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Polar@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago Which was not actually big in person, and something that could've definitely been shrunken down more by 2023. Now we are left with the garbage "face" unlock on the Pixel 6/7, or the garbage in screen fingerprint sensor. I mean all in screen sensors are shit. They work like 80% of the time, while the Pixel 4 face unlock worked 100% of the time, and it was so good I forgot I ever had a lock on my phone, because it was instantly unlocked, even in a pitch black room. permalink fedilink source parent [–] xcjs@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago I'll take a forehead over a notch. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MakeItCount@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) They dropped it because people were complaining about the massive forehead permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Polar@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago Which was not actually big in person, and something that could've definitely been shrunken down more by 2023. Now we are left with the garbage "face" unlock on the Pixel 6/7, or the garbage in screen fingerprint sensor. I mean all in screen sensors are shit. They work like 80% of the time, while the Pixel 4 face unlock worked 100% of the time, and it was so good I forgot I ever had a lock on my phone, because it was instantly unlocked, even in a pitch black room. permalink fedilink source parent [–] xcjs@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago I'll take a forehead over a notch. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Polar@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago Which was not actually big in person, and something that could've definitely been shrunken down more by 2023. Now we are left with the garbage "face" unlock on the Pixel 6/7, or the garbage in screen fingerprint sensor. I mean all in screen sensors are shit. They work like 80% of the time, while the Pixel 4 face unlock worked 100% of the time, and it was so good I forgot I ever had a lock on my phone, because it was instantly unlocked, even in a pitch black room. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xcjs@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago I'll take a forehead over a notch. permalink fedilink source parent