http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2017/09/04/your-face-may-become-your-iphone-password/

One of the major new features expected in the next iPhone is a new way to unlock the smartphone: with your face.

At first blush, this may not sound like a big deal. Android has had a version of facial recognition in its operating system, called Face Unlock, since 2011. Samsung, Apple's chief smartphone rival, has its own version of facial recognition — as well as iris-scanning and the standard fingerprint reader.