Back in June, Google shocked everyone by tweeting out official renders of the Pixel 4 in what was a very uncanny move. However, once more, Google is back again touting some upcoming features for the Pixel 4: Motion Sense and face unlock.
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Motion Sense
For the past few years, Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects team (ATAP) has been working on a motion-sensing radar technology dubbed Project Soli. Google feels this technology is ready to be released to the general public and has included it in the top sensor bar area of the Pixel 4.
Motion Sense will allow you to skip songs, snooze alarms, and silence phone calls simply by waving your hand.
Face unlock
Face unlock is coming to the Pixel 4 as well. Google recognizes that this is a familiar feature on other smartphones but claims they are “engineering it differently.” They even take some sly shots at the iPhone in their blog post:
“Other phones require you to lift the device all the way up, pose in a certain way, wait for it to unlock, and then swipe to get to the homescreen. Pixel 4 does all of that in a much more streamlined way. As you reach for Pixel 4, Soli proactively turns on the face unlock sensors, recognizing that you may want to unlock your phone. If the face unlock sensors and algorithms recognize you, the phone will open as you pick it up, all in one motion. Better yet, face unlock works in almost any orientation—even if you’re holding it upside down—and you can use it for secure payments and app authentication too.”
Google also made it clear that face unlock’s facial recognition technology is all processed on your device, so the image data never leaves your phone. Your face data is securely stored in the Titan M security chip, and the images are never saved or shared with other Google services. The same goes for Soli sensor data, which is also processed on-device and never shares any data.
Source:Â Google
