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iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new privacy controls, and more

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Re: iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new privacy controls, and more

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Post by patrickmcnamara »

fireattack wrote: post #44
aikinai wrote: post #27

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They fixed this a few versions ago. Now if it sees a mask, it shows the passcode input immediately.

Still sounds weird to me. I use an Android phone, I can unlock my phone at anytime using either face, fingerprint, or passcode. What exactly is the reason/rationale that it has to fail on facial recognition first before proceeding to use passcode?

I think it's slightly weird UI/UX to show the password prompt if FaceID will just instantly unlock the phone anyway (at least when not wearing a mask).

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Post by gambiting »

jdhawk wrote: post #52
gambiting wrote: post #21

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Apple's insistence on only having face ID when competitors have fantastic and very fast in-screen fingerprint readers is just idiotic. I was kind of onboard when they first introduced FaceID, the argument that they don't want the sensor on the back and there is no room on the front was fair enough, but right now the technology has caught up. It's crazy that you can unlock a Samsung with your face OR an in-screen fing…

The S10's in screen reader drove me away from the platform and back to an SE2 w/ TouchID....it was that unreliable. Have they fixed it?

Got an S21 and the sensor works as well as any Apple ever made. But yes, it seems like the technology has matured only very recently, the first in-screen readers were pretty crap.

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Post by fuzzy2 »

macintux wrote: post #66
fuzzy2 wrote: post #51

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> - This doesn't even solve the issue. Right you are, but for a different reason: Face masks entirely break Apple Pay. If you have an Apple Watch, lucky you, you can use the watch to pay instead. If you don’t? Well, tough luck. Unlock with Watch apparently does not work with Apple Pay. /e: Wasn’t aware of activating Pay using the code. Oops. :D

> Unlock with Watch apparently does not work with Apple Pay. I find Apple Pay so much easier to use with the Watch that I never can remember how to use it on the phone.

It’s useful for some situations where there are obstacles, for example drive-thru checkouts at fast food restaurants or gas stations.

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Post by mxcrossb »

dannyphantom wrote: post #30
smiley1437 wrote: post #14

Feels a bit of a Rube-Goldberg workaround when TouchID exists. Love my TouchID to the point I'm dreading when Apple makes no more TouchID phones

With the frustration of the past year in iPhone not unlocking due to your face mask it seems like a proof of concept that iPhone should bring back TouchID.

Weirdly enough, facial recognition works for me with a mask already, but only if I take off my glasses.

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Post by dylan604 »

_jal wrote: post #67
Someone1234 wrote: post #9

In regard to unlock w/Apple Watch: - This is an issue of Apple's own artificial creation. - This doesn't even solve the issue. So this all started because Face Unlock didn't work with masks, that's not Apple's fault. But what is entirely Apple's fault is that they break an option which resolves this only when Face Unlock is enabled: "Require Passcode." When you disable Face Unlock you can set Require Passcode to e.g.…

I just fixed it by turning off FaceID. Apple reached phone perfection with the iPhone 4; they reached access perfection with touchID. Things have gotten worse since then.

One of the last reasons that I still use a 6s+ is the TouchID. I still like my headphone jack too, but the TouchID is the biggest feature I don't want to lose

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Post by karmelapple »

macintux wrote: post #66
fuzzy2 wrote: post #51

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> - This doesn't even solve the issue. Right you are, but for a different reason: Face masks entirely break Apple Pay. If you have an Apple Watch, lucky you, you can use the watch to pay instead. If you don’t? Well, tough luck. Unlock with Watch apparently does not work with Apple Pay. /e: Wasn’t aware of activating Pay using the code. Oops. :D

> Unlock with Watch apparently does not work with Apple Pay. I find Apple Pay so much easier to use with the Watch that I never can remember how to use it on the phone.

Something I just found out on Friday when my iPhone battery ran out while at the store: my Apple Watch could still make a purchase even though it didn’t have a cell connection. Pretty great!

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Post by kemayo »

ASalazarMX wrote: post #74
fireattack wrote: post #44

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Still sounds weird to me. I use an Android phone, I can unlock my phone at anytime using either face, fingerprint, or passcode. What exactly is the reason/rationale that it has to fail on facial recognition first before proceeding to use passcode?

> What exactly is the reason/rationale that it has to fail on facial recognition first before proceeding to use passcode? C O U R A G E Joke aside, it seems that Face ID was a tremendous technical effort so you could have instant access to your phone. Besides unlocking, there's no other serious application (memojis aside). The fingerprint reader was probably removed just to prop acceptance of Face ID. Also, Face ID i…

> IMO, the 3D scanner should be on the other side, enhancing your pictures with 3D depth.

That's what the LIDAR sensor on the latest phones is for. It only gets used in photos for the portrait-mode stuff, admittedly.

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Post by _jal »

walterbell wrote: post #73
_jal wrote: post #67

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I just fixed it by turning off FaceID. Apple reached phone perfection with the iPhone 4; they reached access perfection with touchID. Things have gotten worse since then.

Latest iPhone SE and iPad Air are both TouchID only - and wonderful.

I agree, it looks like it ticks all the boxes.

I usually only replace phones when the battery starts going. But I'm thinking of getting the SE anyway, just in case it isn't available when this one (X) finally goes.

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