Facebook could soon let you access your account using a scan of your face

Soon, you could recover your Facebook account using nothing but your face.

Facebook is testing a facial recognition system that will verify users who are locked out of their accounts.

The feature is designed as an alternative to the text or email verification tools used to reset passwords and is currently being trialled on a 'small number' of users. 

It follows a move by Apple to bring facial recognition technology to its new flagship phone, the iPhone X.

To use the technology, Facebook users will hold their phone up to their face, according to Matt Navarra of The Next Web. 

Facebook will then scan their face and compare the image to photos and videos on the site.

Images that are a match to the account could unlock it.