'Face Unlock' feature rolls out for Honor 9 Lite

Honor 9 Lite, a device launched under Huawei's sub-brand Honor, has started receiving "Face Unlock" feature via HOTA (Huawei's Over the Air update), the company said on Wednesday.

The HOTA rollout has started in batches and will be rolled out to everyone by March 5.

"'Honor 9 Lite' will be the most affordable smartphone in the Indian market to support 'Face Unlock' feature and will further emerge as the best value for money smartphone with superior hardware and software configurations," P Sanjeev, Vice President, Sales, Huawei Consumer Business Group, said in a statement.

The 5.65-inch Honor 9 Lite has dual cameras on both the front and rear and runs Android 8.0 Oreo with EMUI 8.0.

The quad-camera smartphone is available for Rs 10,999 (32 GB variant) and Rs 14,999 (64 GB variant).

--IANS

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