Android 12 lets you control the smartphone with your face

Hands behind your back. Controlling your smartphone with your face will soon be possible with Android 12.

We operate a smartphone with our fingers. Since the normalization of the touchscreen, smartphones with physical buttons are no longer the norm. The front of a phone consists for the most part of a screen. And the operation is done by touching your fingers. Yet there is a new development within this concept and that is coming to Android 12.

Android 12 and your face

With Android 12 it will be possible to control your smartphone using your face. The smartphone reads your facial expressions and can then execute a command. The feature was part of the latest Android 12 beta on Google’s Pixel smartphones. It is particularly useful in situations where your hands are busy. Think of cooking, with your dirty greasy fingers in the chicken meanwhile. You can continue reading a recipe by making certain movements with your face. Ideal!

Reading a long article can also be very pleasant in this way. For example, by opening your mouth, the smartphone can scroll down. The effort of manually scrolling with your finger can then be eliminated. It is a welcome innovation that makes life a little easier.

The Android 12 beta includes six applications that use facial recognition to operate your smartphone, according to XDA Developers.