How Face ID Works
Imagine your face is like a fingerprint, but instead of touching something, you look at it. The iPhone XS has a special camera that takes many tiny pictures of your face, kind of like when you draw a portrait with lots of little dots. It makes a map of your face, and when you look at the phone, it checks if your face matches the map.
How Intelligent Scan Works
The Samsung Note 9 uses something called an iris scan, which is like looking into your eye, not just your whole face. It takes a picture of your eye’s color pattern and compares it to one it already knows. It's like when you match up puzzle pieces: if they fit, the phone unlocks.
Both are smart ways for phones to know who their owner is, one uses your whole face, and the other uses just your eye!
Examples
- Face ID works with glasses, but Intelligent Scan might have trouble with sunglasses.
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See also
- What is Face ID with other biometric systems?
- How Face ID Works... Probably - Computerphile?
- Why Did Apple Remove Touch ID for Face ID?
- How Face ID Really Works – The Technology Behind Apple's Facial Recognition?
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