So did Apple just announce a swanky new feature that's been staple in +Android for years? Again?
When was the last time these guys really innovated? #faceid 😂
For the record I've not used that feature to unlock my phone for a long time simply because it's just too inconvenient to stare at the device to unlock it every time.
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When I had my Pixel, I used it all the time. I loved it and it worked 99% of the time. Yet of course, if you have an Android Wear device or ⌚️, you can set your device to unlock regardless.
The difference is Face ID is facial recognition done right (it's secure enough to make payments with/it can't be fooled by a photo).
Why is it since Apple has it it's like new tech…. Android has been doing this longer.
+Eric Wehnau It is new tech because it's secure facial recognition technology. A lot goes into making sure you can't fool it with a photo (like you can with an Android device).
+Michael Brown I'm pretty sure I had it on my S2 some 3 or 4 years ago and used it a couple of times until it became far too much of a hassle to stare at the front-facing camera to unlock. I keep trusted devices nowadays but I've had good experiences since having a phone with a fingerprint sensor.
As for whether it works better on the iPhone, well I have my doubts but Apple has a knack of telling people just how much better their version of things are when they really aren't but they have to justify people flogging off $1000 for a phone somehow.
Yeah, I had it on my Galaxy Nexus if I remember right. And you could fool it with a photo. Apples to oranges.
As others have said, this is new technology, +Jean-Loup Rebours-Smith. If reports are to be believed it can't be fooled by a photograph or even a life mask cast from your face, and it'll work even in darkness. Other facial recognition systems are crude in comparison. As for the $1000 price tag, the Galaxy Note 8 isn't far behind…
+Bodhipaksa I would argue that while this may use new technology to overcome security issues, the feature itself isn't new. Apple has a way to claim inventing things they've really only refined to some degree.
And yes Samsung phones are expensive too, I don't deny that but whether it's apple or Samsung the question is whether their products are really worth that kind of money.
In what way is this not new? It's using a different method (projected IR dots) from existing phones and (again, if reports are true) it actually works, can't be fooled by a photograph, and operates in the dark. There's nothing trivial about "refining" technology so that it works better. That's mostly how technology evolves.
It's not new in the same way that AES-256 is essentially the same thing as Vigenere Encryption. Both are ways to encrypt data only one is a lot more rock solid than the other.
I'm arguing against the "What" not the "How"
I'm afraid I have no idea what any of that means, +Jean-Loup Rebours-Smith, including the last sentence. But I sense an attachment to brand that is almost religious in quality.
And there I thought I came up with a clever comparison oh well…
I'm arguing against the fact that Apple seems to claim that unlocking your phone with your face is some brand new feature they've just invented (that's how it comes across to me). They've made such claims in the past where they introduce new features which have been around on other OSes for some time.
I'm not arguing that the way they perform the unlocking uses an algorithm and scanning system which improves security but at the end of the day it's a way with which one can unlock a phone by having their face scanned. Whether it's taking a picture or taking a 3D render using infra-red is, in my mind, irrelevant as it's performing the same task.
As for "religious attachment", I get what you're trying to say but no, I'm not here to make claims about how Android or whichever other brand is better. Yes I don't like Apple, and in many ways it's those who do have a near-religious attachment to them by blindingly believing anything they say (and I don't mean you +Bodhipaksa in case you're wondering) which annoys me.
"Apple seems to claim that unlocking your phone with your face is some brand new feature they've just invented"
Well, leaving aside this subjectivity, has Apple actually said that unlocking your phone with your face is a brand new feature they've just invented? Or are they saying that their method is new and improved (plus new to the iPhone, of course)?
When will you idiots realize
Apple brings it later… way later… they even said it themselves
I swear you android users are idiots. They just do it better. They don’t need mega ram to achieve features y’all have.
+Rodney Coleman Sorry you lost me at "idiots" …