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- Some Samsung Galaxy S25 series owners have noticed that face unlock is much improved compared to previous phones.
- Our own brief testing shows that the Galaxy S25 face unlock was as fast as the Galaxy S24 Ultra’s solution.
- We’ve asked Samsung about this apparently improved face unlock.
The Samsung Galaxy S25 series finally made its way to store shelves on Friday, allowing consumers around the world to get their hands on the new Android flagship phones. The new devices offer a major performance upgrade, but users have also noticed an apparent upgrade that Samsung hasn’t mentioned.
Samsung Galaxy S25 series owners on Reddit have reported that the new phones offer much-improved face unlock capabilities. Redditor Wrong_Device_3324 reports that face unlock was “pretty awful” on previous Samsung phones and would sometimes fail to work in bright light. However, the user said the Galaxy S25’s face unlock seemed to work “really really well” as long as there was enough ambient light to illuminate your face.