OnePlus 3 and 3T Finally Get Face Unlock in New OxygenOS Beta

After confirming that the OnePlus 3 and 3T volition get the OnePlus 5T'southward 'Face Unlock' characteristic, the Chinese smartphone maker has finally rolled out a new OxygenOS beta for the two smartphones.

The new betas are an add-on to a long list of Oreo betas for the smartphones — Beta 21 for the OnePlus 3T and Beta xxx for the OnePlus iii), nonetheless they do bring a highly requested characteristic to the visitor's flagships from 2016.

Amongst other things, the new OxygenOS betas for the two smartphones bring the much awaited Confront Unlock feature to the phones, allowing users to use facial recognition to unlock their smartphones in a blink.

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Nosotros kickoff got to attempt out OnePlus's implementation of Face Unlock when the company launched the 5T, and since and so I've used it on my daily commuter OnePlus v every bit well. If OnePlus's rails record so far is whatever metric to judge information technology past, the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T will enjoy a similar lightning fast unlock speed with the Face Unlock feature every bit the OnePlus 5 and 5T.

Reverse to what some people recall, Face Unlock is different from Android's very own 'Trusted Face' in two major regards. Get-go, while Trusted Face tin can be fooled with a photo, Face Unlock recognises when in that location's an actual face looking at the telephone, and when information technology'south non. Second, Face Unlock is much faster than Trusted Face, in my usage, and it is capable of bypassing the lock screen completely — something that Trusted Face tin can't do.

If you are ready to endeavour out the Confront Unlock characteristic on your OnePlus 3 or 3T, the update will be delivered to you every bit an OTA if you lot're already on the OxygenOS beta. Otherwise, you can head over to the OnePlus website and manually download and flash the update.