Not exact matches
Our favorite is Intelligent
Scan, which primarily uses the
iris scanner as the main way to unlock the phone, but it falls back to facial recognition
if iris doesn't work.
If you add your face and
irises, you can turn on Intelligent
Scan under Settings > Lock screen and security > Screen lock type.
It first
scans your face and
if that fails, checks your
irises.
If you don't can about seeing lock screen content, you can configure the phone so that you don't need to swipe to
scan your
irises.
It will be interesting to see
if Samsung incorporates a similar idea into its
iris scanning technology or
if Apple can muster up something similar with Face ID.
You can still see all the sensors (including the front camera)
if you look at the right angle, but at least the
iris sensor isn't easily visible unless it's lit up when
scanning your eyes.
If face recognition needs help,
iris scan steps in to verify you — and vice versa.
If you've been following all the Galaxy S8 rumors, the handset will likely offer
iris scanning and a built - in fingerprint reader, but it seems that those features aren't enough.
Which is even more impressive
if you consider that the scanner
scans two
irises, meaning the amount of identifying features amount up to 400.
If you have iris or fingerprint scanning enabled, the phone will ask for your fingerprint or scan your iris if you hard press the butto
If you have
iris or fingerprint
scanning enabled, the phone will ask for your fingerprint or
scan your
iris if you hard press the butto
if you hard press the button.
On the Galaxy S9,
if you are using
iris scanning, you will have to ensure that you are looking at the handset at a particular angle and from a certain distance so that the
iris scanner can work properly.
«Many people are fanatical about
iris recognition technology and we are studying the possibility,» said Lee; his words suggest that even
if the Galaxy S5 doesn't sport the
iris scan feature, at least the Galaxy Note 4 could do so when it launches later this year.
There is
iris scanning on board the Galaxy S8 too, as we mentioned, which Samsung has said is more advanced than the system we saw on the Note 7, hopefully allowing for quick and speedy unlocking, especially
if you can't get used to the rear - mounted fingerprint sensor.
Keep in mind that
iris scanning might not work consistently
if you wear glasses or contacts, and that it sometimes has trouble in direct sunlight.