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And again no Face Unlock like we had in Pixel 4 :(

COVID basically ended and they still won't bring that back, I was hoping that Apple push for that will make Android phones also with a nice and secure face unlocking (for us that have issues with fingerprint sensors not recognizing their fingerprints)



Features do include Face Unlock if you scroll down enough


That's the unsecure one with only camera. And they don't allow to use that where fingerprint.

Pixel 4 had dot projector for security.


They seem fairly confident in it.

"Face Unlock on Pixel 8 now meets the strongest Android biometric class and can be used for banking app sign-in and payment apps like Google Wallet."

https://blog.google/products/pixel/google-tensor-g3-pixel-8/


Apparently it is secure enough to use for payment apps now on the Pixel 8


Face unlock without a 3D sensor is insecure, period.


The Pixel 4 had lidar for that feature.


Seems like this one has an IR sensor, maybe they use that as well (but probably not as good as lidar)




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