iPhone 11 Pro Face ID works with Face Masks?

[PeterRollback]

Hi All

iPhone 11 Pro here. My phone can literally unlock using Face ID, even when I have a face mask on.

This isn’t with one specific mask, it is with various style masks.

I found this quite surprising as I urged my co workers to do the same but none of their iPhones would successfully unlock when they had face masks on.

General thoughts on this?

 

[BugeyeSTI]

My phone wont unlock while wearing a face mask. It asks for the password immediatly

 

[noobinator]

Mine does not unlock with a mask (11 Pro).

 

[chestvrg]

It doesn’t unlock, but the latest iOS update removed the FI prompt and takes you directly to enter the passcode.

 

[iZac]

My girlfriend uses these PITTA pollen masks and says FaceID unlocks for for on her 11 Pro.

https://www.arax.co.jp/pittamask/en/

Of course these are very loose mesh masks and may be transparent to Infra red.

 

[hwojtek]

Here's the thread from 3 weeks ago: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/face-id-now-working-while-wearing-a-mask.2238414/

 

[PeterRollback]

Here's the thread from 3 weeks ago: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/face-id-now-working-while-wearing-a-mask.2238414/

thanks! Had no idea about this thread. Glad to see I’m not the only one with this issue/feature.