They also confirm it in Reuters, clear and direct: iPhone X's Face ID is two years ahead of the competition. We are sure that not all manufacturers are going to agree with this headline and it is that great advances have been made in relation to facial recognition.
In this sense, it is said that until next year Apple's competition in this technology will not be matched, so the rest of manufacturers lag behind in 3D recognition. The report itself explains that it will not be until that year when devices from other brands will be just as efficient and safe in this type of recognition and it will be at that time when it will begin to spread en masse.
Certainly and when I was in the past MWC in Barcelona, I could see that many are the devices that continue with the fingerprint sensor in addition to this supposed facial detection, something that makes you wonder if they are really not prepared for it. To give a clear example, at the Samsung event an improvement in facial recognition of its new Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 + was presented, but actually these devices also have the fingerprint sensor since to scan the face they do it with 2D technology and this It makes you think that they are not quite prepared as Apple is, which in the iPhone X only have this Face ID.
The report also includes a manufacturer that works with Android that will add 3D facial recognition for this year, but there is no name of the firm or anything like it. According to the study, Apple will continue to invest in the development of this technology and there is talk of more than 14 million dollars in 2018, a figure available to few and that really are what make the difference between current devices.