By the end of the year, almost 20 percent of...
By the end of the year, almost 20 percent of smartphones shipped every year will include facial recognition capabilities, ABI Research said in a report. ABI also predicted that in five years, shipments of smartphones and tablets with the technology…
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will hit 665 million annually. “Currently, only Google’s Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean mobile operating systems support the technology in significant volumes,” ABI said. “The Samsung Galaxy SIII is one of the most notable smartphones to feature this technology. Over the next two to three years, many more operating systems and mobile OEMs will incorporate the technology.” “Facial recognition technology has improved drastically over the last 10 years and accuracy is almost always above 90 percent,” said ABI analyst Josh Flood. “That said, lighting conditions and facial expressions can sometimes cause problems with the recognition. However, the improvements in camera resolution and processing power utilized by mobile devices has helped greatly.”