My favorite Pixel 11 Pro feature is something no other Android phone can match

Face Unlock still rules. My favorite Pixel 11 Pro feature is something no other Android phone can match. I’ve been using Google’s flagship Android phone for over a month now, and there’s so much about it that I love — be it the excellent cameras, gorgeous design, or clean software.

I talked about a lot of these things in my Pixel 11 Pro review, but there’s one feature I didn’t mention: Face Unlock. Since the Pixel 8 Pro launched nearly three years ago, every Google Pixel phone launched with Google’s Face Unlock feature. Google rarely talks about Face Unlock these days, but every time I use a Pixel phone, I’m reminded just how fantastic it really is.

Face Unlock is one of the Pixel 11 Pro’s best tricks Joe Maring / Starting with the Pixel 8 Pro (and base model Pixel 8) in 2023, Google equipped its Pixel handsets with two secure biometric unlock options: the in-screen fingerprint sensor and its updated Face Unlock. Pretty much every Android phone today offers some form of face unlock, but the way it worked on the Pixel 8, and continues to do so on modern Pixels, is very different from the competition.