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No Face Unlock, bummer.

Rumors where that it will be in the 6 Pro, but technical specification doesn't mention it.

So I'm staying with Pixel 4, yet another year.

I thought face unlock has been a security vector for the iPhone, and that even Apple is thinking of dropping it?

It doesn't look like it, they still release phones exclusively with face unlock.

What security issues can it have? Fingerprint sensors could be fooled with less work.

And fingerprint sensors don't work always (e.g. for me they don't).

Hmm, I thought Apple had switched to requiring pin/watch for face ID unlocks because they were not totally secure.

The same could be said for fingerprint though. I think the more secure biometric unlocks require the occasional pin verification anyways.

pin is used when faceID cannot recognize you (when you're wearing face mask)