You can unlock the Google Pixel and Pixel 2 with your voice, but not the Pixel 3

Google has ditched the Voice Match unlocking feature from the Pixel 3.
The feature, which allows a person to unlock their phone using their voice, was available on the Pixel and Pixel 2.
We don’t know why Google has dropped the functionality.

Google has removed its Voice Match unlocking feature from the latest Pixel smartphones. The option is available on both the original Pixels and Pixel 2s, but Piunikaweb recently discovered it was missing from the new Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL.

Voice Match integrates with Google Assistant to offer a set of hands-free smartphone actions enabled just through voice. These include making calls, using apps, and unlocking the phone. With the Pixel 3, you can still use your voice to operate some aspects of your device — such as looking at your email, calendar, and contacts — but the device unlock aspect has been removed.

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This may come as a disappointment to fans of the feature and we’re not entirely sure why it was ditched. Google has been promoting the Pixel 3’s security-focused Titan M chip recently and Voice Unlocking isn’t a completely secure method of accessing a smartphone, so it may be an attempt to tighten up device protection. The company also dropped Android’s stock face ID functionality Trusted Face from the Pixel 3, likely for the same reasons.

That being said, it’s odd for the more secure smartphone to lose functionality deemed suitable for the ostensibly less secure Pixel and Pixel 2 (which don’t include the Titan M chip). The jury’s still out on this one.

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