But why not both? Cases can have a cutout for the power button and left hand users can register their left index fingers instead. It’s a better solution than having Face ID fail and ask for your passcode. Though I suppose an under screen version would be the best solution.
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Everything New in iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4: Face ID With a Mask, Emojis, Apple Card Widget, Universal Control and More
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Yes, I could. It would't be or feel natural tho. Like you said, it's a work around, not a solution.
Because Apple is betting in its FaceID tech and the only flaw is a temporary one while having to wear a mask is a necessity. In the other hand, TouchID has more limitations like the ones I listed.
And do you really see Apple providing TWO kinda redundant solutions?
WHY ISN’T THIS THE ARTICLE TITLE haha. That is such amazing news I may cry
Hold your phone in your left hand, now hold your phone in your right hand. Either way, you have fingertips on the power button side (unless you have literal baby hands).
No. I don't get it. Looks like you have to go though a bunch of gyrations to set-up FaceID to work with a mask. Then, if you have a mask on, it's not a secure as if if you are scanning the entire face. From the description in the article it appears that you have to hold the phone a certain way if you want it scan just your eyes.
Purchased my wife an iPhone 13. FaceID does not work reliably for her so she must resort to the PITA of entering a the passcode. All of this could be avoided if Apple just added a secondary secure way of opening the phone--Apple Watch is not an option for her.
The sad thing is, Apple has the technology to accomplish a secure secondary way of being able to unlock the phone. They have implemented it on a iPad--TouchID on the power button. Not sure why they resist putting this same technology in their iPhone.
I think what Apple has done with FaceID is a Charlie Foxtrot.
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Mine does. But then again it not one of those cheap cases from Amazon where all they care about is the OD of the phone.
This update is much more major than 15.3 ? can’t wait for faceID with mask.
Finally! Was so annoying have to disable it through Screen time every time you updated.
Why did they bother engineering Touch ID in the power button for iPad? Ultimately, both authentication methods have their pros and cons, so why not have both and make everyone happy? Apple finally started listening to consumers with the MacBook Pro and they should here too. Whether they actually will is another story, but I for one am hoping for it.
By the time Face ID with a mask rolls out the Omicron wave will have subsided and most mask mandates will have been lifted.
One can hope. Most likely there will be another be another mutation that will go into the Greek alphabet and require
I was going to say that. But deleted my post because I was concerned that I might end up getting censored by MR.
This is such a great update. It fixes a lot of the annoyances I had before.
- no more fiddling in settings to adjust the magic keyboard brightness.
- I can actually put some context with some password (like security questions or email used) and it’s making my migration from 1Password come faster. I hope they expand it into a full app in iOS 16.
- the “Running your automation“ personally ruined a lot of shortcuts for me, I didn’t need to be double notified when my power goes down a certain threshold and I’m thrilled it’s been finally fixed.
- EU covid vaccination certificate support is long overdue but this is great and I’ll take it. I don’t want to rely on 3rd parties to generate a pkpass with my sensitive information and storing the pdf was just clunky, even with a shortcut.
- no more fiddling in settings to adjust the magic keyboard brightness.
- I can actually put some context with some password (like security questions or email used) and it’s making my migration from 1Password come faster. I hope they expand it into a full app in iOS 16.
- the “Running your automation“ personally ruined a lot of shortcuts for me, I didn’t need to be double notified when my power goes down a certain threshold and I’m thrilled it’s been finally fixed.
- EU covid vaccination certificate support is long overdue but this is great and I’ll take it. I don’t want to rely on 3rd parties to generate a pkpass with my sensitive information and storing the pdf was just clunky, even with a shortcut.
Yes, I use it so often. The option of suggesting strong password is good, but I like it to allow custom passcode rules. Now, most of the websites or office systems require passcode with special characters, I also encountered a system finding 20 char passcode suggested by apple is too long.
Even more so, not limit it to the latest iPhone smh. Very few features that I am looking forward to but end up not working on my iPhone XS Max.
We’ve come such a long way from the days of keeping our my passwords on a piece of paper. That is if you didn’t just reuse the same password for every login. However, Keychain hasn‘t been keeping up with the pack. Which has led us to 3rd party alternatives, and much confusion about why Apple has treated Keychain as the ugly stepchild. I rarely use the Keychain suggested password generator because it frequently gets rejected by the website criteria, and it’s honestly not that hard to come up an XKCD style password that’s memorable and secure.
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Did not know this. Strange they cite privacy concerns when the whole idea of a vaccine passport is to share and show people/businesses etc.
In the UK have been able to add our covid passport directly to wallet right in the NHS Covid-19 app. This worked just like adding a pass from an app etc rather than having to be an Apple side of things to add it from the app.
He he. I think he was implying it should be bear not bare. And was jovial I’m sure. Let’s all be nice here.
