Google adding eye detect to Pixel 4 in 'coming months' after phone found to unlock on sleeping users

Google said its fix for a controversial face recognition feature that allows the Pixel 4 to be unlocked while users' eyes are closed will arrive'in the coming months.' The company says the feature will address a problem first highlighted by the BBC that allows the phone to be unlocked using facial recognition while someone is sleeping via simply adding an option that requires ones eyes to be open. 'We've been working on an option for users to require their eyes to be open to unlock the phone, which will be delivered in a software update in the coming months,' the company wrote in a statement. Conversely, Apple's iPhone requires users' eyes to be open before it unlocks and defers to a passcode if it's unable to read one's face. Google's Pixel 4 (pictured above) was unveiled in an event in New York City this month but has already run into trouble as skeptical users express concern over its facial recognition software The Verge reports that an earlier versions of Google's newest flagship mobile device may have contained an option to require one's eyes to be open before unlocking it with a faceprint, though that option was never included in the final product.