Previously only a feature in Ice Cream Sandwich, a developer has ported the face-detection security tool to iOS: now it’s possible to unlock your iPhone just by showing it your pretty little face.
It’s not obvious whether it’s a direct port of the Android function, but it does look a hell of a lot like it. It also seems to take a lot longer than the Android version to work out who you are — in fact, so long that it’s probably impractical to actually use.
Still, it’s a neat trick and no doubt there’s plenty of scope to speed the thing up. It’s soon to be launched in the iOS App Store, so keep your eyes peeled. [boio.ro via Engadget]
Matt
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 6:38 AMYou all look so happy!
Jackson Bison
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 7:57 AMI’m not sure how this would work with IOS – don’t all hipsters look the same?
Chris
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 8:02 AMIts novelty and practically useless unless its native to iOS.
Jack Frost
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 1:12 PMSo does that mean you have to be in the app for it to work? What a joke. Until apple employs these functions its not worth having
Kroo
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 1:54 PMSo this is what happened to David Blain. He disappeared into an iPhone.
Viddy
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 2:00 PMtake a picture of someone. place it in front of the phone. unlock ….what a silly idea.
this would only be a feasible solution with a 3D camera/technology.
Chodelay
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 4:53 PMI can unlock any touchscreen phone with my face.
Jerich0
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 10:42 PMjust purchsed it…waste of money it doesnt even work