Pixel 8 Pro: Will It Unlock? (Cardboard Cutout) 

Seen a couple of comments to test the phones in dim/dark environments. Pixel 8 does work in low light environments, however when it's very dim or pitch black it will require fingerprint or PIN. FaceID works in pitch black.

3:18 It's a setting under face unlock where your eyes need to be visible! Since your eyes are semi visible through the glasses it might work sometimes.

Fingerprint is waaaay more convinient than face unlock, but the best scenerio is to have both. Props to Google for that

I think Pixel 4/4XL should also be compared to these 3 phones because of how great their face unlock security is.

isn't it more secure if your phone cannot be unlocked when you're wearing something that obstructs your face? 🤔

Great video. Thanks for making it, this what I requested to see on your Pixel post. You're the first person I've seen go in to detail on this feature. My mom is getting a Pixel 8 and I was excited to know it has secure face unlock in addition to the fingerprint sensor. Keep up the good work.

This is a really good idea! I didn't see any of them doing like this type of video! Congrats

Dude your video is so good! Love the genuine reactions with the glasses and the cardboard. Just breathes good uk and not jump cutty. So awesome. also i love my pixel 8 pro 🎉

For the glasses/sunglasses tests you're supposed to pull your glasses down and say, "Edna. Mode. And guest."

The Pixel is basically looking for some depth in the image, it can detect imperfections like the edges and the bottom part which if you hold too high, looks like a head and torso is floating in air. Try getting a more refined cutout with a little bit of curvature and make the edges sharp and make sure there’s no gloss showing up on the photo which gives an indication that a flat surface is being held up.

don't forget that Face-ID also works in complete darkness. Yeah, so does the fingerprint-sensor. I know 😄but still, Google did a good job there for its users. I'd like to know how exactly the phone gets the depth information tho.

You seem to be quite disappointed that cardboard failed to bypass P8P, LOL

Good stuff man thanks for surprising us and yourself too. This is again another example of how Google is solving hardware problems with software.

GREAT! Thanks Joshua

Fantastic idea! Keep up the great work

I remember reading up on the exact camera that google is using for the pixel 8 pro a couple years back. It is an RGB camera indeed, but there's some special science about that specific camera where it can pickup subpixel and some depth definition of an image, it's not as accurate as blasting IR or dot projection like the iphone but it gets really close. That combined with Googles ML software makes it really good at rejecting fakes. A flat images wouldn't work on it but maybe a 3d mapping with toning would.

great video, i was actually looking forward to it

Hey Joshua. Nice job! That was fun and interesting. I was engaged. It was good to learn about them. Keep up the good work, and you'll hit 200k soon👊🏼

Thats Crazy how good Google did this with just a cam 😎. I think Google will improve thats System

Face id with big notch and no fingerprint option vs sleek display with punch hole + fingerprint option and added security, google wins

a convern i have here is the lightbox you got there and the shaking on top of that machine learning models can tell reflectivity apart very well

I'm glad that the Pixel 8 Pro wasn't fooled ... Great video, great comparison

I didn't think I'd be watching a video about face unlock security but here I am. Happy Friday. 😄

I don't know if you noticed, but the Pixel was telling you the face was not recognized at the bottom of the phone when using the cut out before you would swipe up.

You do know that even though you can unlock wearing a mask on the iPhone, that is not considered a fully secured method right? But again, I will prefer to use fingerprint unlock than face because using fingers are much more easier and convenient. But in the name of science???? Erm...... But hey, you should have ordered a 3D printed face of yourself to test the iPhone because 2D photos are so old school now. As for the sunglasses test, you should have asked someone else to wear it and try to unlock the P8P and see if it works.... LOL

whatever software magic google is doing, I had say keep doing it. I currently have Iphone 14 pro and Face ID is a must to me so much that I can tolerate a notch every time I see a full screen video but google seems to try change that and I am all in for it.

Having both fingerprint and face unlock is definitely the winner for me! Great to see that the Pixel's face unlock can't be easily fooled!

This was such a fun and informative video. I loved it! I had the pixel 3 and loved it but now that I’m an iPhone girly I love to see the differences/similarities between the newer pixels and iPhones

Very cool! At first I thought you fooled the Pixel 8 Pro. Next with the Pixel 8, a face unlock darkness test?

your photo! ahahah love you man

I 100% agree with you. However to compensate for that pixel is offering the in display fingerprint scanner. I love face Id don't get me wrong but I think Google implementation for face id is still impressive for what it is.

Weldone on putting out this test.. U got a new subscriber, Me. 👍👍

For it to not have all the expensive hardware that the iPhone has, the Pixel 8 Pro facial lock is really impressive

that was interestingly fun. sub'd.

How working the Pixel sistem? It's with a image 2D? We hope that in next update it can recognize you with sunglasses

Huawei P series and Mate uses secure face unlock as well. Although those are under the ban and are less talked-about.

Great comparison. I would like to have seen how well face unlock works on these phones in low light.

a finger print sensor in the power button is like the best option because you can unlock it before even looking at it

Which brand protector glass you use for iPhone 15 pro? Please tell me it will be very helpful for me 😊

Can you do how to get pixel 8 features on pixel 6 series

if this video gains enough traction i'm expecting carl pei to come out with a video explaining the situation but in the case of google, it made a huge mistake with abandoning the soli technology because everyone hated the notch but apple understood that technology evolves and it won't be driven by whats trending to remove something they saw as secure. i also feel like google has a lot of yes men in their team, like who approved the temperature sensor? i mean a lidar sensor would be perfect, i see a lot of use cases with that instead of the temperature sensor

Thx for dis, but u should prob include in the title dat they improved the face unlock cuz I didn't know it had lvl 3 face recognition now until a reviewer mentioned it. Fsr most didn't mention it Maybe they could do wut samsung did and allow for u to add aditional appearances for masks and glasses to work

A test done with reduced / no light would have been so useful. Thats honestly what bothers me most about my pixel 7. But not gonna go for the 8 unless it works better when its dark outside than the 7 😬

Can the nothing phone face recognition work with bank applications?

Samsung offers face unlock for banking apps as well, it would be great if you could test it out too!

Google is using machine learning and 3d mapping. Pretty impressive just for a single whole cutout. I would rather have that than the big dynamic island tbh. It’s secure as well so you can use it with banking apps and such.

I always wonder how smartphone cameras focus on different depths. Ok, nowadays we have ai portrait/bokeh effects, but even before that you could focus on something close up and blur the background or other way around. So even a single camera has some sort of depth information I guess.

While Face ID is vastly more secure due to its sensor array, the Pixel 8's ability to do this with just ML and front facing camera is astounding. You need not worry about how secure it is. While Face ID is about 20x more secure than Pixel 8 - The P8 is considered Class 3, which by definition meets the criteria of 1 in 50,000 spoof rate. I don't know anyone who is going to try and spoof your face 50,000 times for that one lucky chance (or even have your phone that long to do that). In that case, the phone is lost and you would have reported it lost anyway. 1 in 50,000 seems pretty secure to me. End of the day, for mask and glasses - use the fingerprint sensor. Best of both worlds. Options are always good!

I remember the urban legend about NASA spending billions of dollars to develop a ballpen that can write in space without the ink blobbing everywhere. Then the Russians used pencil. Much ado about face unlock tech lol, when layered tech like fingerprint + pass/PIN will suffice. 😂

Was that knife a vosteed corgi?

Great video! The only thing I’m still thinking about is whether the Google Pixel will unlock the phone while your eyes are closed?

The next level should be a high quality video, maybe from an iPad or something, but let it be a high quality video I just subscribed to your channel anyways

Could you please test with Galaxy S23 Ultra?

I understand why Google never disclosed how their face unlock works. It's their industry secret and it's mindblowing. 100% worth it.

Could you try with a 3D print face?

What kind of test is that? The iPhone has a special option in Face ID for masks

Most meaningful video

yeayeayea.. now i want a fingerprint test on all 3 of them.

I feel you didn't play with distance as much as you could with the pixel and the cutout but it's good for what it's worth.

Nothing has an unlock function in the mask. You can choose in the settings.

i didnt expected you would broke ur own pict, i thought it would be place womewhere on the wall

He was so excited to destroy google face unlock after unlocking nothing phone 2 successfully🤣🤣. Excitement disappeared pretty quickly.

Now try it with a video of you blinking! 😁

Google did awesome 👍

Hmm..face id didn't work with mask and sunglasses at earlier stages. Same can be said with pixel 8 pro. The secure Face unlock just got released. We can give it some time to mature .

Love fingerprint!

He wanted it to fail so bad.

I recently bought a Nothing phone 2 and there's a setting to enable face detection with the mask on. But if it can open with a cardboard cutout then anything should be possible 😂

Nothing is more secure than the fingerprint sensor

Does the pixel 8 have the option to skip the lock screen, so you don't have to swipe up when using face unlock

iPhone set like 2 face w/o mask Google pixel should also have that features

It felt more like trying to find fault in the pixel rather than science bro! Pixel did exactly what it said it would, use the front camera to make login more secure and it did. But your take away was to still be an apple sheep rather than appreciate the innovation of security at a lower cost and complexity. Face ID is an entire component which emits IR, so its obvious. Using the same front camera and try to achieve more security is innovation. I bet they will keep improving and be able to unlock with glasses and also in dark.

Here's what I'll say. The chances of somebody stealing my phone and having a picture of me and being able to achieve this is about the same chances of me winning the lottery. I think I'll worry about more concerning things. PS. If somebody wants to get into your phone they will no matter what security system Apple has or anybody else🎉

I still miss my Galaxy s9 plus with iris scanner..

3:01 actually, I don't think it should work with sunglasses. Mine doesn't and I'm fine with that honestly. I would've liked mine to not work with mask but it does 😢

So much FPS bs out there on Android phones - this is very useful! Cheers

He said iPhone X. My man 😂

I prefer that over the big notch everyday of the week

My Face ID on my iPhone barely works with glasses and sunglasses.

7:00 I can name a few exes 😅😂

I was curious to see if the iPhone unlocks with both a mask and sunglasses on

The biggest issue with P8 face unlock is that it does not work in dim light.

Nothing phone 2 lock screen wallpaper please

Please send me the cut out please please please

I felt that you had kind of bias about pixel phone. Definitely the nothing phone is just doing photo recognition which is the most insecure. And pixel phone definitely made it further, but you sounds like still get disappointed on pixel.

Now do the test in a dark room.

Great but you got finger print to lol. But hey I phone for the win yawn . Sure in the pixel on face unlock it mentions bout glasses in. The setting s etc. .

Throwback to when Apple announced iPhone X, the "future of the smartphone". Here we are 5 years later now that Androids are just starting to catch up in Face ID copy technology. This is like when Steve Jobs first announced iPhone 2G and said "it is at least 5 years ahead of anything out there". And lo and behold, 4 years later is when an Android phone finally had the same responsive multi-touch technology as the FIRST iPhone. Today iPhone 15 Pro is the hottest phone in the world (literally) with a 2500 nits display, USB-C with 10 gigabits per second transfer speeds, the fastest CPU on a smartphone and satellite connectivity. No one can outdo Apple. They're just unstoppable.

I think the pixel is showing more security here

Face unlock with Apple Watch is awesome

U missed pitch dark test 😅 But we knew it'll be iPhone ❤

my first face unlock phone was the samsung galaxy s2 xD

Also not too mention Apple's face ID will work in the dark. Pixel face unlocked will not work. Pixel 4 had similar technology as Face ID but it didn't receive very well with customers because of the bigger bezels.

well the p8p is as robust as it needs to be, its a non-issue.

I think it's cool that the Pixel at least knows what's going on. That AI is cool 😎

Use a 3d model

I'd just use fingerprint for security & convenience. No need to pick up my phone and point the screen at my face. Also uses less power as it doesn't need to turn on the camer(and TrueDepth sensors for iPhone) every time I unlock.

Google should have you move your eyes around to prove it is not a cutout.

test night sight

Generally face unlock is more about convenience on Android. Personally I always use my fingerprint even though I still have face unlock activated. It's just force of habit. I think Apple is the only company that has made it a primary way to get in your phone so theirs has to be the most flexible.