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Google’s Pixel 4 Promises Privacy and Security-Aware Face Unlock, Motion Sense

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Marius Nestor
Jul 30, 2019

It’s no longer a secret that the tech giant is working on the fourth generation of the Pixel smartphone made by Google, the Pixel 4, which looks to bring all the latest mobile technologies on the market. According to Google, the Pixel 4 will feature Motion Sense technology that lets users silence phone calls, snooze alarms, or skip songs only by waving their hand. Google’s new Motion Sense feature for the Pixel 4 is called Soli and works hand in hand with the face unlock capabilities of the devices, which the company promises to be security and privacy-aware as the facial recognition operation is processed locally on the device and the image data is never shared with Google or any third parties.

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Marius Nestor

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