The tech giant introduced facial identification to the Pixel 4 device for the first time in 2019 but decided to bring back the fingerprint sensor in this year’s Pixel 5.
Face unlock initially suffered an issue where it would still work when a person’s eyes were closed, though it was later fixed.
Soniya Jobanputra, a product manager on the Pixel team, told the PA news agency that while face unlock was removed it could be repurposed in a different form in the future.