Google has officially announced that its next flagship smartphone, the Pixel 4, would offer Apple-like face unlock, thanks to a complex array of sensors and camera systems on the front of the phone, but that this is not the only way. unlocking the phone. It may not be the only Google device to benefit from this biometric technology. security measures.
A recent discovery made by the Chrome Unboxed website was mentioned in the update to the Chromium open source project, which is responsible for the ChromeOS software that powers Chromebooks. (Eeesh, that's a lot of Chrome...)
While this is not in itself irrefutable proof of the activation of this feature, it does suggest that Google will start rolling out its unlock faces on upcoming Chromebooks.
Chrome Unboxed convincingly shows that source code updates suggest that the new feature is "aggressively designed" for ChromeOS and that we could see the beginning in the future Pixelbook 2 (codenamed s & # 39, called 'Atlas ', in parallel with the launch of Pixel 4. in October.
What we don't know is how many old Google laptops the new technology will reach. Although we know that the Pixel 4 will include a range of infrared, point projectors, and other dedicated face sensors, this is not the case for most existing Chromebooks.
As such, if the feature is implemented on older Chromebooks, facial recognition will likely be used as an optional security layer for added convenience; the suggestion is that on Google laptops they only have simple webcams Users will need to enter their authentication code once the device starts, but then you can quickly unlock it with the help of a facial scan for the rest of the session.
While any speculation about the successor to the excellent Pixelbook obviously needs to be dealt with with a grain of salt for now, the addition of face detection to Chromium seems almost official, but we don't have to worry about that. We haven't done it yet. solid information on when it will be publicly available.