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Ice Cream Sandwich face unlock brought to iPhone (video)

Ice Cream Sandwich face unlock brought to iPhone (video)

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Android 4.0's face unlock has been brought to the iPhone in a new app.

iPhone face unlock
iPhone face unlock

If you're an iPhone owner that wishes your phone could recognize your face, you're going to appreciate the work of a developer who's brought Android 4.0's face unlock feature to iOS. It's not clear whether or not it's a port of the original app, but as you can see in the video below, it sure does look a lot like the feature in Ice Cream Sandwich. The facial-recognition looks like it takes much longer than Google's own solution (and probably too long to make it practical). According to boio.ro you can't use the app to replace the slide-to-unlock in iOS — it's just a parlor trick for now and there are plans to use it to secure a digital locker of information in the future. Apparently the app will be in the App Store soon, so take a look if you're in need of some Android on your iPhone.