WhatsApp offers many features to protect our account, from two-step verification to the ability to hide specific chats and hide our IP. It is also possible block appwhich prevents someone from accessing our messages even if the mobile is unlocked, by requiring the use of a PIN code or adding a biometric lock.
Although many Android phones have an unlocking system using facial recognition, the sad reality is that this method is not as secure as the technology used by the iPhone. However, the Google Pixel 8 and Google Pixel 8 Pro have a high security face unlock systemand WhatsApp just added support for this technology in Pixels.
Pixel 8 can now use Face Unlock to make payments and also for WhatsApp
Google’s most recent smartphones have a facial recognition unlocking system. “Class 3”, the highest biometric security standard available on Android. This is made possible through the use of Google’s Tensor G3 chip and the use of advanced machine learning algorithms, according to the company.
This means that the use of facial recognition in the latest Pixel is really safeand this level of biometric security is something we hope to see again in Google’s next generation smartphone, the Pixel 9.
WhatsApp has now added support for high-security face unlock on the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, a technology that until now could be used to make payments and access banking apps. Using this protection system, when the mobile is locked we will see the face unlock screen and a ring around the front camera. If our face is not visible to the camera, the application will offer us the possibility of unlocking the application using the fingerprint as a second option.
This new level of protection for our WhatsApp chats is available in the latest update of the Android application (version 2.24.8.85). We can activate it from the WhatsApp settings menu. Hopefully, more manufacturers will add protection systems that meet Class 3 biometric standards, making facial unlocking much more secure.
By | 9to5Google
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