Basically, Samsung took the face unlock and
iris recognition tech from last year's S8, which could be used independently but not at the same time, and made it so that both functions worked together on the new S9.
Not exact matches
The super smartphone has three biometric lock types that allow you to unlock it via fingerprint sensor, facial
recognition or through its eye
iris scanner, making it one of the most high -
tech smartphones on the list.
We've seen a shift toward biometric authentication and encryption over the last few years, and
tech like
iris scanning and facial
recognition has only accelerated it.
Samsung might not be cramming its new Galaxy S8 handset with powerful
iris scanning
tech, but its face
recognition capabilities could be off the hook.
«Among the different types of biometric sensors that Samsung is testing for its Galaxy S5, the
tech giant will go for fingerprint authentication rather than unintuitive user experience of
iris recognition,» said an industry source who declined to be named.