Apple introduced Face ID on iPhone in 2017, and comparable Android facial recognition features have lagged behind ever since. Of course, Apple's approach isn't perfect either. iPhones have large pill-shaped camera cutouts or notches that house the additional sensors and technology required for Apple's Face ID feature. Android phones, by comparison, typically have smaller hole-punch camera cutouts or under display cameras. However, it's apparent that Android's facial recognition support isn't as good as Apple's Face ID.
That could be changing in the future, as a new report from Android Authority reveals Google is working on an advanced facial recognition project for Android and ChromeOS called Project Toscana. Android Authority's source reportedly got to use Project Toscana on a Pixel phone with a typical hole-punch camera cutout and on two Chromebooks with unfinished, external camera assemblies. According to the report, Google's upcoming facial recognition system worked just as well as Face ID on an iPhone.
