Google Pixel 11 reportedly drops Project Toscana face unlock

7 articles · Updated · 9to5Google · May 4

A leak from Mystic Leaks says the flagship phone will miss the dark-capable biometric system because the hardware is still not ready for release.
Project Toscana was previously described as an under-display infrared upgrade that could work in darkness and match iPhone Face ID speeds, addressing a key weakness of Google's current camera-based face unlock.
Google used IR face unlock on the Pixel 4, then shifted to Tensor-era camera-based unlocking, so the reported delay suggests the improved system may slip to a later Pixel generation.

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