Inizialmente era conosciuta come Knock ON e offriva solamente la possibilità di risvegliare lo smartphone dallo stand-by tramite un doppio tocco sul touchscreen. In breve tempo è poi diventata Knock Code e permette ora di accendere il display non più con un doppio tocco, ma con una sequenza di tocchi, il che significa maggiore sicurezza.

LG ha annunciato, nelle scorse settimane, che sarà preinstallata sui nuovi smartphone del 2014 e ora finalmente ha comunicato che la porterà anche su G2 e G Flex, con un prossimo aggiornamento che sarà rilasciato nel corso del mese di Aprile. Il produttore coreano non è riuscito ad includere questa funzione nell’aggiornamento ad Android 4.4.2 rilasciato per G2 alcune settimane fa, ma questo non gli impedirà comunque di introdurla in seguito.

La sicurezza non sarà più un problema quindi, dato che Knock Code offrirà oltre 80.000 combinazioni di sblocco. Nell’attesa che l’aggiornamento venga rilasciato, potete dare uno sguardo al comunicato stampa integrale che abbiamo inserito qui in basso.

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SEOUL, Mar. 25, 2014— As announced at Mobile World Congress last month, Knock Code™ will be a key feature in LG smartphone models this year, including G Pro 2, G2 mini, F Series and L SeriesIII. Now LG Electronics (LG) will make its innovative Knock Code™ feature available on earlier LG smartphone models via a firmware update starting in April. Owners of LG G2 and G Flex in specific countries will be the first to receive the Knock Code™ update which will give users instant access to their smartphones via a customized “knock” pattern.

With recent consumer research showing that most users check and unlock their devices between 100 and 150 times a day, LG was inspired to further enhance its KnockON feature with a higher layer of security and convenience. KnockOn, which LG patented in 2008, was the perfect foundation to further develop Knock Code™, which is unique in its ability to both wake and unlock the phone in one step, a clear time-saver for users. It’s no surprise that more than 50 percent of participants in a recent survey selected Knock Code™ as the most anticipated feature of G Pro 2, demonstrating the real need for an alternate solution to smartphone security.1

The consumer benefits of LG’s Knock Code™ technology are obvious in its ability to wake and unlock the phone simultaneously, providing more convenience and greater security over conventional password and pattern-based security options. With Knock Code™, the smartphone display is divided into four invisible quadrants. The user taps or “knocks” anywhere from two to eight times in the quadrants in a specific sequence. With more than 80,000 possible combinations and no fingerprint streaks, Knock Code™ offers a level of security far greater than other devices, even those with fingerprint recognition systems. And because Knock Code™ can be implemented anywhere on the screen in any size without having to view the screen, there’s no chance of password theft. In addition to being safer and more convenient, Knock Code™ is also more responsive compared to bio-recognition systems, which are much more susceptible to variations in the environment.

“LG engineers placed a great amount of emphasis on providing users with exceptional security and convenience when developing Knock Code,” said Dr. Jong-seok Park, president and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “Making Knock Code accessible to a wider audience is consistent with our direction to differentiate LG mobile devices on the basis of user experience.”

Details of availability of the Knock Code™ upgrade will be announced locally in the weeks ahead.

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