The Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL were launched recently to mixed reception – some lauded it for its camera and software upgrades, while others weren’t convinced by its value proposition with the specs it packs.
But one thing that’s got to interest you is the newly added motion gesture features that are powered by Google-engineered Soli. It pretty much allows you to interact with your phone with air gestures and motion. One aspect of the phone that benefits from Soli is the face unlock feature – Google says that the phone preps the camera as soon as Soli detects your hand moving towards it. Once you pick it up, the sensors and camera detect your face immediately.
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That’s all fine and dandy, until reports surfaced that you can actually perform the same unlock even if your eyes are closed – which shouldn’t be happening. For safety reasons, the phone should only unlock when you open your eyes, otherwise someone could just unlock your Pixel even when you’re asleep.
The phone technically isn’t on sale yet, these flaws were discovered on review units – Google has gone on to say that the issue will not be present when the retail units are available. Plus, according to the Verge, Google has said that the design of the phone will improve as time goes by with software updates. In any case, this looks like an easy fix for Google, still; it shouldn’t have been in the review units to begin with.