As per tradition, Google has announced the latest generation of the Pixel family, for the last time, especially on October 15. Among the new features of the Pixel 4 was the launch of a new face which, in particular, is Apple-style, the only way to turn on the biometric on a device, thus setting aside a fingerprint reader.
As we saw in the Pixel 4 XL update, face unlocking is very fast, but it has a very good problem: allows it to keep unlocked even with our eyes closed. This has recently changed with the advent of Android 11. preview.
Pixel 4 face unlock is finally secure
Google has devoted a good part of its Pixels launch to clarifying how fast and accurate the opening of the new face is, remembering that the only way to open a biometric is at the terminal. At an unprecedented speed of complaining, but the fact that a biometric system doesn't take into account details such as the fact that the user has his eyes wide open to confirm it doesn't make much sense. It doesn't matter how fast or accurate it is, if we are sleeping and someone brings a phone to our face, they can get it.
Google has said it will resolve the issue "in the coming months" and it has been six months to specify exactly what it took to offer this option. However, it should be noted that not all users will be able to enjoy it since is one of the new features included in the second Android 11 beta, aimed at developers (though you can install it if you have Pixel 4).
We've already installed it and we've confirmed that, of course, In the Security tab – Face Unlock, there is a new option called & # 39; Eyes should be open & # 39; and do what it says: if we try to open the phone with our eyes closed, it doesn't work. Personally I think that this method should have been used from the beginning and that something else with closed eyes did not exist, however, I think it's better late than never.
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