face recognition

[Eric Fulton1]

After updating to Lollipop, I now dont have face recognition. Any pointers to finding it?

 

[belodion]

Welcome to AC and the G3 forum.

Isn't it under Settings, Display, Lock Screen, Select Screen Lock? I don't see the option there myself but then I'm already using another locking method.

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[mission_mode]

In screen lock there should be an option for smart lock. Face matching is one of a few ways smart lock will unlock your phone.

 

[Ramachandran Kumaraswami]

Just recently upgraded to Lollipop on LG G3 smartphone. It killed face recognition to unlock the phone.
Option for face detection under Settings vanished too.
Any solution available ?

 

[dannyboy1980]

I've got the same thing going on. WTF? That's a really nice feature on this phone, and it worked so well... I really hate these rollouts with no easy way to rollback when they don't work. I mean seriously, put more control in the consumers hands (you know, the people that actually have to use the thing every day).

 

[BigwhiteUK]

Face recognition works fine for me!

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[Rayfire]

Just recently upgraded to Lollipop on LG G3 smartphone. It killed face recognition to unlock the phone.
Option for face detection under Settings vanished too.
Any solution available ?

Go Settings then Phone, Security. Enable Smart Lock

Then go back to settings, Lock screen, select Smart Lock. Enable face recognition.

 

[Paul Trif]

I have the same problem on Samsung Galaxy S4 Active and there is no smart lock in menu

 

[MC_A_DOT]

Does this feature work with glasses?

I've never even attempted to try unlock my phone this way.

 

[Joachim Larsen]

Yeah it should work just fine with glasses.

 

[matty032]

Yeah, on my Verizon G3, the option for face unlock is gone after the Lollipop upgrade. I never even got a chance to try it out.

 

[shanen]

I also have a Samsung and am also unable to find the face recognition feature for unlocking the phone after the (surprise) Lollipop upgrade. It wasn't really that secure, but it was convenient and I liked it.

My own feeling is that the security should be multi-modal and different people should pick what they like. The diversity would make it harder for large-scale cracks. My own choice (if only I had that freedom) would be two keys: (1) Recognizing my face, and (2) Challenge response on my voice, by showing me some numbers or a word to read back to the phone.

Being forced back to the even less secure PIN or up to the tedious password feels like a significant downgrade.