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Your face may soon unlock your iPhone
Published Tue, Sep 5, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Washington
ONE of the major new features expected in the next iPhone is a new way to unlock the smartphone: with your face.
At first blush, this may not sound like a big deal. Android has had a version of facial recognition in its operating system, called Face Unlock, since 2011. Samsung, Apple's chief smartphone rival, has its own version of facial recognition - as well as iris-scanning and the standard fingerprint reader.
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