I had a flight that used facial recognition instead of passes, but oc we all had get boarding passes too to get through TSA. Gate agent told us to put our passes away but 25% of passengers then had to get them back out. Took longer to board plane so yay Big Tech.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/11/boarding-passes-and-check-in-to-be-scrapped-in-air-travel-shake-up-plans?CMP=share_btn_url