I would like to see facial recognition unlock take some steps forward.
Also, there are still some little things with Google Now that don't work correctly, and it would be nice if more answers were spoken back instead of just a google search.
More hardware than software, but this is right around the corner and I personally can't wait. Thin phone, and all day battery life!!
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I just read an article a couple days ago, and it is still being worked on
Looks like it is going to be embedded in phone batteries.