You can now unlock OneDrive on Android using facial recognition if you don't want to use your fingerprint

OneDrive has been updated a few hours ago on Android. The Microsoft solution for cloud storage reaches version XXX and among all the new features it presents one that is especially useful and striking: OneDrive can now be accessed through facial recognition(other than with fingerprint).

Security is a fundamental premise today, especially when we store more and more sensitive data on our devices. But it is useless to access the smartphone with maximum security if we later leave the cloud storage unprotected.Microsoft has fixed this in OneDrive.

Set up face unlock

Just download OneDrive from the Google Play Store in the latest version to be able to use facial unlocking, yes, it will be necessary to have a phone that supports this function , something not unusual nowadays, at least among the most popular models.

Until now, biometric security was represented by unlocking using fingerprints and now it is our face that can serve as a way of unlock.

"

To enable facial unlocking we must access the Settings within OneDrive and look for the Code section access code, where we will mark that we want to use an access code to log in.We set up a 6-digit access code and from that moment OneDrive offers us two options to start the application if we dial Use biometrics to authenticate "

We can use facial unlocking with the phone or if we prefer fingerprint unlock. In case of failure, we can always use the numerical code that we have established.

Microsoft OneDrive

• Price: Free
• Developer: Microsoft Corporation
• Download: on Google Play Store