Samsung Galaxy S9 Face ID? 'Intelligent Scan' Feature Combines Face, Iris Scans

Ahead of Samsung Galaxy S9's debut, developers have uncovered information suggesting that the flagship Android smartphone is going to come equipped with an advanced biometric system. XDA Developers published a report over the weekend detailing what appears to be a new unlocking feature they found after doing an APK teardown of the Settings app on the latest Android Oreo beta for the tech giant's Galaxy Note 8 flagship phablet. Apparently, they stumbled upon strings pertaining to Samsung's upcoming 2018 flagships. The report states that the Galaxy S9 and S9 will likely come equipped with a feature called "Intelligent Scan," which is basically a combination of facial recognition and iris scanning technologies. Because this biometric system reads both face and iris scans, it offers better security and accuracy compared to the iris scanner that debuted with last year's flagship handsets.