Building on that surfaced last week claiming that the Galaxy S8 will sport a super-fast face recognition feature (capable of unlocking a device in 0.01 seconds), Bloomberg has published a report suggesting that Samsung will also use the technology as a form of authentication for mobile payments.
It’s thought that the will use a combination of fingerprint, iris and face detection to verify users when they attempt to access sensitive services, like banking applications and . In the future, there’s potential for it to make its way to a slew of other services, too.
The company is “already working with banks to help them embrace facial recognition systems in coming months,” reads the report.
For those in need of a refresher, the Galaxy S8 certainly it’s going to be an extremely impressive device, packing a 5.8-inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1440 x 2960 pixels, a Snapdragon 835 octa-core CPU, a 12MP rear-facing camera, an 8MP selfie shooter and a 3,000mAh battery.
It’s thought that the will use a combination of fingerprint, iris and face detection to verify users when they attempt to access sensitive services, like banking applications and . In the future, there’s potential for it to make its way to a slew of other services, too.
The company is “already working with banks to help them embrace facial recognition systems in coming months,” reads the report.
For those in need of a refresher, the Galaxy S8 certainly it’s going to be an extremely impressive device, packing a 5.8-inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1440 x 2960 pixels, a Snapdragon 835 octa-core CPU, a 12MP rear-facing camera, an 8MP selfie shooter and a 3,000mAh battery.