ISSUE 68 • ANDROID ADVISOR 41straight into your last app because otherwise you
might never even see your lock screen.
There are caveats though, as with everything on the
Pixel 4. For one, the reach gesture only works reliably
when picking the phone up from a table – grabbing it
out of a bag or pocket rarely worked for me, so I’d still
have to tap the screen to unlock it. With no fingerprint
sensor at all, you’ll also be stuck using your PIN or
pattern when the face unlock fails – which is rare, but
does still happen – or for secure apps that require it,
such as most banking or credit card apps.
That wouldn’t be so bad if it wasn’t for the fact
that plenty of people are still (rightly) unsure about
the security of facial biometrics. Concerningly, theThe Pixel 4’s radar detects when you reach to pick
up the phone, turning on the face unlock sensors
so that it’s ready to recognise you straight away