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Yes I know, but many of the early reviews said it wasn’t noticeable. It seems way faster to me.
Holy Spit, FaceID is Fast Now (iOS 13)
Upgraded my XS Max to iOS 13 today with the hope of knowing a little better what I'm getting into tomorrow and maybe making the setup of the new Pro Max a little faster. We had a lot of debates about hardware/firmware and FaceID - is it 13?, will it be new hardware?, etc. Whatever the case...
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Yeah I came here to say the same thing. I didn’t realize this was an iOS 13 feature and immediately noticed it. Very impressive. I find iOS 13 to seem faster overall, though I think some of that is slightly sped-up animations.
The animation is definitely speedier, but I think it’s because the authentication is faster. I can tell logging into apps like chase banking and Amex is much quicker.
i have noticed it is much faster than the touted 30% on my XS. very impressive upgrade since i thought the 11's ushered in improvements via hardware (they still may have with better angles, etc.)
it also seems more reliable. i've found that if i have "attention required" Face ID gets a bit wonky on me in very odd shadow situations like evening in our family room with only a floor lamp illuminating the room, or if i have a bright window behind me. because of this, i have often turned off "attention required." this results in a faster, more reliable FaceID for me.
i should also say, i don't have much stereo vision so i think that might also create problems for Face ID.
yet, ios13 seems faster and more reliable so i have thus far been able to use "attention required" without any hiccups in the past 24 hours. we'll see if that continues. so far, with "attention required" it seems much faster than before and i daresay at least as fast as it was with ios12, with "attention required" disabled.
nice work apple!
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it also seems more reliable. i've found that if i have "attention required" Face ID gets a bit wonky on me in very odd shadow situations like evening in our family room with only a floor lamp illuminating the room, or if i have a bright window behind me. because of this, i have often turned off "attention required." this results in a faster, more reliable FaceID for me.
i should also say, i don't have much stereo vision so i think that might also create problems for Face ID.
yet, ios13 seems faster and more reliable so i have thus far been able to use "attention required" without any hiccups in the past 24 hours. we'll see if that continues. so far, with "attention required" it seems much faster than before and i daresay at least as fast as it was with ios12, with "attention required" disabled.
nice work apple!
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For me, the increased speed of FaceID is the best feature in IOS 13. Very noticeable on my iPhone XS Max.
Before upgrading my XS Max I was playing around with the beta versions on my iPhone 6s Plus. What struck me going back to the 6s was just how fast TouchID was compared the FaceID. While I like FaceID it kind of sucked living with the slowness when I went back to the XS Max. Much better now. Maybe still not to the TouchID level but livable.
Before upgrading my XS Max I was playing around with the beta versions on my iPhone 6s Plus. What struck me going back to the 6s was just how fast TouchID was compared the FaceID. While I like FaceID it kind of sucked living with the slowness when I went back to the XS Max. Much better now. Maybe still not to the TouchID level but livable.
FaceID is basically instant on my iPhone X now. With overall better performance in iOS 13 and dark mode, I see no reason to do a hardware upgrade. It’s pretty impressive to be honest.
Bar of course, shrinking the TrueDepth camera system & therefore the notch.
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Test it by logging into websites (banking etc) & see if you log in sooner than before.