OnePlus 3/3T Confirmed to Get Face Unlock in Beta Soon

Jan. 13, 2018

Whilein-display fingerprint scannersare the latest deal in terms of biometric scanners for smartphones,Face IDis also a feature not to be forgotten about. While the technology was properly first introduced by Apple on the iPhone X, it was OnePlus that delivered blazingfast face unlock technologyon theOnePlus 5T.

Since then, users of previous OnePlus devices have also been requesting the feature to be made available on their handsets. Late in last year’s November, OnePlus confirmed that theOnePlus 5 would be getting face unlockas well. It was then speculated whether users of theOnePlus 3 and 3T would get to taste the feature or not.

After weeks of teasing,it has been officially confirmed by Carl Pei that the older devices will also be getting face unlock.

In a recent interview withCNET, while discussingOnePlus’ next flagship device, Carl Pei, co-founder of OnePlus, said that theOnePlus 3 and 3T would soon get a beta version of the company’s Face Unlock feature, which was introduced in the 5T. “There’s no reason to withhold features we can easily implement,” Pei said.

Considering the fact thatOnePlus’ implementation of Face Unlock relies on algorithmsand does not make use of any proprietary or dedicated hardwarelike Apple, it should be easy to port the feature onto previous generation devices as well.

“There’s no reason to withhold features we can easily implement,” Pei said.

Whilethere is no official date as to when the aforementioned beta will be releasedfor the OnePlus 3/3T users, in the meantime, we’ve also covered a guide onhow to get OnePlus 5T’s Face Unlock feature on your smartphone, so make sure to check that out.

Are you excited that the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T are finally getting the super-fast face unlock feature? Let us know your thoughts on it in the comments section down below.

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