12 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 64
NEWS ANALYSIS
court just below the camera, its conspicuous absence
means one of two things: it’s moving under the
displayorintothefrontcameraa la theLGG8’s
time-of-flight sensor.
It’s the second option that’s particularly enticing.
While the LG G8 was packed with useless gimmicks
that let you unlock your phone with your palm and
answer calls with a swipe of your hand, Google could
be upping the game with the hands-free Soli radar
chip, which was first teased at Google I/O way back
in 2015. However, rather than use it to control the
screen without touching it, Google could use hand
gestures to control Assistant or maybe take a photo
without struggling to tap the shutter.The Pixel 4 render doesn’t show a
fingerprint sensor on the back, so it
could have 3D facial recognition