14 DAY TRIAL // After teasing us last month with the design of the highly anticipated Pixel 4 smartphone powered by the Linux-based Android mobile operating system, Google is now revealing two of the many new features of its upcoming phone.
It's no longer a secret that the tech giant is working on the fourth generation of the Pixel smartphone made by Google, the Pixel 4, which looks to bring all the latest mobile technologies on the market. According to Google, the Pixel 4 will feature Motion Sense technology that lets users silence phone calls, snooze alarms, or skip songs only by waving their hand.
Google's new Motion Sense feature for the Pixel 4 is called Soli and works hand in hand with the face unlock capabilities of the devices, which the company promises to be security and privacy-aware as the facial recognition operation is processed locally on the device and the image data is never shared with Google or any third parties.
"Other phones require you to lift the device all the way up, pose in a certain way, wait for it to unlock, and then swipe to get to the homescreen. Pixel 4 does all of that in a much more streamlined way," said Brandon Barbello, Pixel Product Manager. "As you reach for Pixel 4, Soli proactively turns on the face unlock sensors, recognizing that you may want to unlock your phone."
Your face data is stored securely in Pixel 4's Titan M security chip
In their latest blog post, Google confirms once again that it is dedicated to protect your privacy and security as the upcoming Pixel 4 devices will securely store your face data in the Titan M security chip. Moreover, the tech giant says that the data of its Soli motion-sensing technology is also processed locally on the device and it is never shared with any of Google's services.
Of course, face unlock and motion sense are not new features on the already saturated Android mobile phone market, but they are new to the Pixel phone. Most probably, the Pixel 4 will be shipping with the forthcoming Android Q operating system by default, which also promises new security and privacy features. For now, Google has not announced a release date for the Pixel 4.
