Thursday, March 29, 2012

Samsung tweaking Face Unlock to require blinking, smiling still optional

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Still paranoid about a friend sneaking past your four-dot-oh [facial security][3] and revealing all your little secrets? Worry no more, as Sammy's got a solution for you. The new feature is stuffed inside the tasty ICS [being delivered now][4] to global Galaxy S IIs, adding the need to blink in order to bypass the [Face Unlock][5] screen. Aside from the eyelash-flashing bit included in the upgrade, Samsung's Product Planning Team says they've also added Photo Editor, Beta Font, Snapshot and a novel S Go Launcher Pro. You can check out the full interview with Samsung's whiz-squad at the source below.

[Samsung tweaking Face Unlock to require blinking, smiling still optional][2] originally appeared on [Engadget][6] on Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:41:00 EDT. Please see our [terms for use of feeds][7].

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