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iPhone X Does Face ID unlock to home screen?
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Wake on raise. Look at time on lock screen.
Wake on raise. Check for notifications.
Wake on raise. Issue "Hey Siri" request.
Wake on raise. Turn on flash light.
Wake on raise. Launch Camera.
It seems to me we would lose functionality if the lock screen essentially went away just because you looked at your phone.
I think there needs to be a definite confirmation (swipe) from the user they want to go to the home screen.
I think you believe swipping up overrides face ID lol
Anyways. All we wanted was an option for face ID to go immediately to the home screen. Not a huge ask...
The swipe replaces the home button press, and leaves my thumb hovering over the screen where it should be to use the phone. It's a very elegant and intuitive interaction.
You still have to press a button tonuse the camera...
Straight to home for no notifications would be nice
Straight to home for no notifications would be nice
Anyways. Thanks all. Lots of clarification and good points.
Not convinced that having it as an option is a terrible ask. Oh well.
Not going to solve anything here. But thanks for the conversation.
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Not convinced that having it as an option is a terrible ask. Oh well.
Not going to solve anything here. But thanks for the conversation.
Chees
This. I don’t understand why it’s a problem. Any Touch ID phone you have to raise to wake and put your finger on the sensor to unlock (even right to the home screen). Now all you do is raise to wake and swipe.
It's basically the usual when it comes to discussing pretty much any new option.
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Certainly plenty of threads asking for and discussing that very thing since iPhone X last year. And here we are.
Well I’ll admit it would be nice to have as an option but if that happened automatically most people would flip out if they couldn’t see their alerts on the lock screen and had to go the extra step of having to pull down.
I think Apple made the right call there.
How about this. Let's have the option to either go straight to the homescreen, or swipe up to unlock.
There isn't a great user story that skips the lock screen. We saw that mess with iPhone 6s. TouchID was so fast it passed the home screen in the experience is horrible.
It's fine the way it is. I wouldn't touch a thing.
I think that @Russkeyuk idea is better, and mentioned before that I sometimes do that - sometimes we want to glance at the lock screen to see the time or check notifications WITHOUT it skipping that and jumping to the home screen.
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Agreed. But you do actually touch it to open it
Lol. Good catch. I meant in developmentI think that @Russkeyuk idea is better, and mentioned before that I sometimes do that - sometimes we want to glance at the lock screen to see the time or check notifications WITHOUT it skipping that and jumping to the home screen.
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Agreed. But you do actually touch it to open it