Good Android tablets are ruined by a single cheap face

Android tablets are finally, in a way, become a little exciting. But I am tired of the same stupid asterisk on all. Android tablets must stop “chew” on biometrics and the use of unprecedented, effectively useless face unlock.

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For a very long time, there has been practically no reason to consider an Android tablet. Most of the options were too expensive, undernourished, had a boring dealbraker, or had to face the reality of being an Android tablet and the lack of optimized applications that have come for a long time with it.

Recently, there was a resurgence for Android tablets. The PAD OnePlus has a lot of power for a low cost. The Pixel tablet has a unique vision of what a tablet should be at home. TCL nxtpaper tech can take a cheap tablet and make it a little attractive. And at CES 2025, we saw some other launch options. Lenovo has new flagship level tablets that compete with the functionality and equipment of Samsung options, but at a lower price. TCL finally has a nxtpaper tablet which seems to check all the boxes. And the Legion tab has revived the idea of a small Android tablet which actually has a certain power.

But there is a boring establishment thread.

Many of these Android shelves act as an insected face release are somehow acceptable.

This is not the case.

Biometrics have been the name of the game for smartphones safety for some time now. It is unthinkable that a smartphone lacks biometrics in 2025. For Android, the fingerprint sensors were the essentials. They are reasonably safe, can work in a very reliable way and have a fairly low cost both in terms of material cost as well as the part they occupy in the device. Apple, on the other hand, is based on Face ID, which requires a more advanced facial recognition technology which has a higher cost, in particular in terms of the way all this equipment fits into the device. Apart from the Google Pixel 4 and certain honor devices, it was exceptionally rare to see a “secure” face on Android.

However, “insecurity” unlocking is widespread.

As a means of convenience, most Android devices take care of a form of unlocking the face using the front camera. This is generally considered to be low level and insecure. It is often easy to be wrong and, as such, can only be used to bypass the locking screen. Secure applications for the bank, password management and others will always require a full password.

It’s good when it is an addition, but too often, Android manufacturers seem to take advantage of the face unlocking without safety like a shortcut to jump the real biometrics on the tablets, and it must stop. Jumping biometrics on a tablet of $ 200 is obviously acceptable, because it is a real means of reducing costs. However, on the $ 550 OnePlus Pad 2? The Lenovo Legion tab of $ 500? There is practically no excuse at that time When $ 150 ~ smartphones at least a few Secure biometric form.

Not only is there a security problem here, but it also has an impact in terms of pure conviviality. By jumping for any form of secure biometrics, these brands effectively say to their customers to buy elsewhere if they wish to use a password manager or a bank application without entering manually each time. And it is even without even going into the fact that these inexpensive, unafessing and camera systems often work badly and are useless in low light situations.

It may seem minor, but in daily use, it is a big problem, and it must stop.

Do you always want to buy an Android tablet without secure biometrics?

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