I think with the Face ID implementation with notifications, I'll actually tap on them to right to them. The fact that you have to tap, then use face ID, is exactly why I don't use them currently. Happy to hear about this. Definitely a positive.
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Face ID Unlocks an iPhone More Slowly Than Touch ID, but is Faster in Day-to-Day Usage
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YES. I thought I was the only one who had this problem! My 7 Plus frequently just doesn't even attempt to authenticate or ask for my passcode when I have navigation in Maps running and I try to unlock my phone. It takes multiple presses (of which I can feel the feedback for, so I know the phone isn't just not recognizing my presses) before it finally either authenticates me or asks for a passcode. Really, really annoying. I didn't even think Face ID would alleviate this, but it should eliminate the problem entirely.
they need to have a feature like Touch Id where you can enable it to go right to your home screen after unlocking. I think swiping up after the unlock is kind of stupid and they should have the option to go right to home after unlocking. I use that feature with Touch Id all the time.
This is true! TouchID is mostly reliable until its not. Usually my missreads happen if I'm cooking, eating, or my fingers or the sensor are wet. FaceID seemingly solves each of those cases.
Before everyone loses their minds about Apple jumping the shark, let's remember (or conveniently forget, I guess, depending on your motives) how tragic Touch ID 1.0 was.
I'm genuinely impressed FaceID is already working this well. Maybe I'm not jaded enough, but it's just such a neat technology to have perfected
I'm genuinely impressed FaceID is already working this well. Maybe I'm not jaded enough, but it's just such a neat technology to have perfected
Even though phone is unlocked, it is still on notifications screen. You will have to swaps up to go on the home screen. Same as you would have to press Touch ID on other devices.
but I thought that this is supposed to be the best and fastest iPhone yet
That depends on who you ask. For me it is.For others isn’t. And faster is not to do with Face ID only. It’s a bunch of things phone does, rather just unlock.
OMG people just stop already. And watch a real video that isn’t artificially comparing one vs. the other using a stop watch or whatever.
You mean let’s watch a video by someone who’s ‘opinion’ ‘you’ agree with and like.
Agreed. I've been slightly burned in the past for buying into new hardware before it is fully baked. Not going to happen again. I'm getting too old for that.
Lol measuring with a stopwatch is by no means reliable at all. this things have been precisely measured at Apple using the device's internal software and still isn't completely precise. Software performance measurement is hard to do it using software which is the most accurate way yet this man claims to have reliable results based on a stopwatch. Developers must be laughing.
Don't look directly at the phone. The phone is studying your eyes and can judge intentionality pretty well.
This is a joke right ..... it's a fecking phone, not the Medusa
I suspect that the phone is powerful enough that they could increase the speed almost arbitrarily. We should see it faster in a point upgrade if people want it bad enough. Or the device will just get faster over time as it learns your face better.
It's all about choice. Many of us would like the option to keep the touch ID, but I'm not sure how Apple could do that without screwing up the design. But it's also a function of me being old and not liking change - still miss the audio jack.
To be fair pointing out that some feature is going to get better in future iterations isn't much of an argument as to why we should pay for said feature now.
Cool, so I either have to look at a black screen, or I have to look at it kinda slyly and pervy out of the corner of my eye.
It's pretty obvious to me Face ID is a smoother operation than Touch ID. They both have pros and cons like anything.
No, and there should not be one. Just like there should not be away of touching Touch ID and not unlocking the device. If you want the phone to not unlock by looking at it, then the solution should be disabling Face ID.
So you're telling me you're unlocking your phone but too bothered to look at your phone? What are you unlocking it for if you weren't planning on looking at it?
Guess I'll know on Friday how it works for me. I will say that currently my iPhone 7 while very fast at unlocking often fails due to my active hobbiest hands with fingers often winged and "frayed" from projects. Fingers then have to be re-learned to reliably work again.
It remains to be seen how well face ID will work for me in the wild with all kinds of headgear, glasses, and phone positions when mounted into various holders etc.
But the backup keypad is always there, right?
It remains to be seen how well face ID will work for me in the wild with all kinds of headgear, glasses, and phone positions when mounted into various holders etc.
But the backup keypad is always there, right?