CUPERTINO, Calif.—When Apple made Face ID the star of its iPhone X, facial recognition took a big step toward becoming the preferred method for biometric personal identification, according to one analysis.
“The reception to the iPhone X has been overwhelmingly positive. Despite some quirks with Face ID, we found it to be fast and convenient in our iPhone X review, noticeably improving with time as it builds a more complete model of your face,” stated Digital Trends.
Apple is so confident in Face ID that it’s likely to replace Touch ID in all iPhones — even iPads — going forward, KGI Securities analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo told Digital Trends.
“Apple’s always been the sign of acceptance for the tech industry,” Todd Mozer, CEO of Sensory, told Digital Trends. “We saw it with Siri and speech recognition and now we’re seeing it with face authentication. Having Apple and Samsung do it makes it pretty standard for mobile phones, but we’re seeing it start to penetrate other areas too. There seems to be a broad move towards face authentication right now.”
Digital Trends stated that the Face ID does not come with some of the shortcomings of previous facial recognition solutions, such as the Face Unlock with Samsung Galaxy Nexus, which was easily spoofed by a photograph, the news outlet said.
Still, Digital Trends added, with any facial recognition solution there is always the tradeoff between false reject and false accept.