Unlocking Galaxy Device with Face Recognition. You may unlock your phone quickly by recognizing your face. Use the Facial Recognition Function to open your phone.
If facial recognition is used to unlock your smartphone, someone or anything resembling your image can unlock your phone. The decision logic was already used to enhance the anti-spoofing function in unusual cases, in which the existing detector may misinterpret a false picture as a live input.
Some limitations
Unlocking Galaxy Device with Face Recognition.
Yet, all spoofing techniques like high-resolution pictures have technological limits.
So, for high-security authentication apps, we do not suggest the use of facial identification. Because face recognition is less secure than the pattern, pin, or password. Thus, we recommend you to lock the device using a fingerprint, pattern, pin, or password.
Furthermore, your face cannot be used to unlock the device when you turn the screen on when you use it as a screen locking method. When you register the face you need to unlock a pattern, PIN, or password. So, make sure to remember your pattern, PIN, or password.
Keep in mind: Menus and screenshots may differ based on the model and version of the device.
Steps to establish face recognition
Tap Biometrics and Security from Settings.
Then, tap Reconnaissance of the face. Next, tap Continue and, if you don’t get one, establish a screen lock then.
Choose if you wear glasses and hit Continue.
Keep your phone within the circle for 8 to 20 inches.
Hold the position till 100% of the progress bar. Remove your spectacles to complete the operation, if necessary. When you get done, change the parameters you want, and press OK.
By gazing at it, you can now unlock your phone!
But, if it has set a lock screen with the Face recognition up, under the following situations, your screen may need a PIN, Pattern, or Password:
Every 24 hours at least once.
If it does not use the gadget for 4 hours.
If it rebooted the gadget.
Facial recognition tips
When utilizing facial recognition, consider the following:
Glasses, headgear, masks, cosmetics, bangs, and beards might affect the identification process.
Make sure that your camera lens is clean and is in a brightly lighted location.
Ensure that your picture is clear.
Face identification is not as safe as Pattern, PIN, Iris, or Fingerprint.
You may email us an error report or ask a question via the app for Samsung Members if you experience an unexpected behavior on Samsung mobiles, tablets, or wearables. This enables us to look at what is going on in greater detail. The figures are anonymized and kept for the inquiry alone.
Steps for saving your picture
For Android 11 it transcribed instead the original photo of producing a new one if you save the modified photo. Follow these steps before pressing Save if you wish to save it independently from the original.
To see more, tap (the three vertical dots).
Choose Copy Save. It stores the modified photo from the original image separately.
