Honor 9, but the feature was not a part of that update. However, the company has now informed that an over-the-air (OTA) update will bring facial recognition to the mid-range smartphone in India. Notably, the update had started to roll out in other regions in April itself. 522371
Through its official Twitter , Honor India confirmed that the update is rolling out to Honor 8 Pro as version B320. Replying to a , the company tweeted, "We would like to inform you that our team has started to roll out the face unlock feature with B320 update for Honor 8 Pro. However, the update is rolling out in small batches." It added that s will receive the OTA update for Face Unlock on the Honor 8 Pro "very shortly." It recommended s to take a back up of their data before upgrading their handsets.
A Twitter reports the update is 627MB in size, and adds AR Lens, a Paytm-specific fingerprint shortcut feature that brings up the app's bar code scanner, Idea VoLTE call , and the April Android security update.
As the latest update will be rolled out via OTA, the Honor 8 Pro s should receive get the notification in a few days. Alternatively, s can look for a manual update by going to Settings > System > System updates.
Just to recap the specifications, the Honor 8 Pro sports a 5.7-inch QHD (1440x2560 pixels) LCD display. The phone is powered by a HiSilicon Kirin 960 SoC, coupled with 6GB of LPDDR4 RAM and 128 inbuilt storage. It comes with a dual rear camera setup that consists of two 12-megapixel sensors and an 8-megapixel sensor for selfies. The smartphone was launched in India last year, priced at Rs. 29,999.