# Clocking in with facial recognition

> In Weplanify, facial recognition compares the photo taken at clock-in with the employee's profile photo; here is what to do when the check fails.

- Product: Weplanify (https://weplanify.io)
- Section: Time tracking
- Web page: https://weplanify.io/docs/pointage.reconnaissance-faciale?lang=en
- Other language: https://weplanify.io/docs/pointage.reconnaissance-faciale.md
- Last updated: 2026-09-29

In Weplanify, facial recognition checks that the person clocking in is really the employee: the photo taken at clock-in is compared with their profile photo.

![Clocking in with facial recognition on the app](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/weplanify/o/docs%2Fapplication-mobile%2Ffr-mobile-03b-pointage-qr-facial-2.webp?alt=media&token=2860f3e2-661d-44a0-9fde-3fdc6ec50f8f)

## Steps

1. On the [employee record](https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.fiche.pointage?lang=en), Time tracking and leave section, choose the **Facial recognition** clock-in type.
2. Add a sharp, front-facing, recent profile photo: it is the reference photo.
3. The employee clocks in from their [phone](https://weplanify.io/docs/application-mobile.pointer?lang=en) or a [shared terminal](https://weplanify.io/docs/application-mobile.terminal?lang=en); the clock-in is saved at once, the check follows within seconds.

## When the check fails

- In the [day's list](https://weplanify.io/docs/pointage.liste-du-jour?lang=en), the employee's avatar is circled in red; the source reads "Face recognition".
- The [detail](https://weplanify.io/docs/pointage.detail-journalier?lang=en) shows **Verification failed**.
- If it really is the employee (lighting, old photo), update their profile photo; otherwise, [fix or delete the day](https://weplanify.io/docs/pointage.corriger-un-pointage?lang=en).

![The detail of a clock-in whose check failed](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/weplanify/o/docs%2Fpointage%2Fmaj-2026-09-28%2Fpo-facial-detail-a16f674a.webp?alt=media&token=1f5bebf6-e82f-4001-9ffd-e8dbfd1c6617)

## Good to know

- Without a profile photo, facial clock-in is refused on a terminal.
- The check runs on the server, not on the phone; the position is recorded as for any clock-in.
- Facial recognition processes biometric data: check your country's rules and inform your employees.

## Related guides

- [An employee's clock-in settings](https://weplanify.io/docs/employes.fiche.pointage?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the Time tracking and leave section of the record sets how the employee clocks in and what, for them alone, differs from company rules.
- [Clock in from your phone](https://weplanify.io/docs/application-mobile.pointer?lang=en) — Clock in and out with the Weplanify app, by geolocation on site or by scanning the QR code posted at the workstation.
- [Turn a phone into a clock-in terminal](https://weplanify.io/docs/application-mobile.terminal?lang=en) — Let several employees clock in on a single Weplanify phone or tablet, by QR badge or facial recognition.
- [See who is present, late, without an exit or absent](https://weplanify.io/docs/pointage.liste-du-jour?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the tabs of the day's list sort employees into present, late, no exit, absent or rest day, with a count for each of the groups.
- [The detail of a clock-in day](https://weplanify.io/docs/pointage.detail-journalier?lang=en) — In Weplanify, a day's detail shows the arrival and exit against the plan, where each clock-in came from, the summary of hours and who fixed what.
- [Fix an arrival or exit time](https://weplanify.io/docs/pointage.corriger-un-pointage?lang=en) — In Weplanify, fix a day's arrival, exit or break from its detail, with a reason kept in the history, or add all the exits that were forgotten.
- [Employee time clock](https://weplanify.io/docs/pointage?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the Time entries screen shows, day by day, each employee's arrival and exit against what was planned, and what is left to fix.
- [Choose how an employee clocks in](https://weplanify.io/docs/pointage.modes-de-pointage?lang=en) — In Weplanify, each employee clocks in one way only, chosen on their record: by scanning the QR code, by geolocation or by facial recognition.