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iOS 15.4 Will Let You Pay With Apple Pay Using Face ID While Wearing a Mask
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This. So much this.
I don't make payments on my phone any more because the watch is so much more convenient.
Especially here in London as you can use it for TFL (local transit for the folk not in the UK) universally just by waving it.
How on earth can this be still safe? FaceID when half the face is covered up? Ummmm.... my prediction is this will be hacked shortly.
Great for these who find it useful but for me Face Nappies are not coming anywhere near my face again.
It has been in previous betas and it worked perfectly fine. This is Apple pushing the newer phones which is some BS cause I DID have this at one point on my 11 Pro Max and I never once had an issue with it working at all.
more likely they just want people on older hardware to upgrade.Yeah, hardware / silicon limitations. How could Apple even dare to do such a thing?
faceDiaper ID enabled
I’m wondering if this dilutes security by having less info to scan
I’m wondering if this dilutes security by having less info to scan
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Okay, if that were true, then why does Apple have by far the best post-purchase software support and upgrades of any major electronics company? They don't really have to support their older devices, but they do.
The feature is likely gated by a hardware limitation, or didn't provide acceptable performance on older devices (which is a perfectly acceptable reason too).
Apple Pay with an Apple Watch is easiest by far.
When compared to FaceID, TouchID is so backwards in virtually every way.
I'm so tired of this trope. I believe Apple does a great job keeping older hardware up to snuff. My partner is still happily using her SE 2016, on iOS 15. Though they really fell down on the messaging (in a very consumer-unfriendly way), implementing the performance limitations when the phone sensed battery degradation was a great move to get more life out of older phones.
I disagree strongly with this. Well, not with the Apple Pay with the Watch, that's certainly much easier than Apple Pay with Face ID, even with the mask taken out of the equation. But I found Touch ID (and a home button) to be a superior user experience to Face ID in nearly every way.
There is definitely an adjustment period, but after using it since the iPhone X came out, I've not looked back at all. I'm in Scotland so it's pretty cold and wet here, fumbling around with gloves is a thing of the past and I don't need to worry about rain or sweat on the sensor.
To me, a button and TouchID just feel very "manual". FaceID is pretty much transparent, and the swipe gestures are (to me) faster, and require less precision.
It's funny you could point out things that I would point out, and we would have opposite reactions! Takes all types, right?
I really hope the muscle memory kicks in. I have had my 13 mini for only three weeks or so, so not long. I'm in Minneapolis, but I guess the gloves thing hasn't bothered me. But interesting you find the "manual" feel a downside...I consider it an upside! I feel more in control of the transaction. And I felt that feeling for the button was more natural and intuitive than getting the swipe from the bottom right. But I'll be glad to feel silly about that in a couple of months, if I get used to it!
EDIT: As for Apple Pay, I find reaching for the side button and double-pressing way less friendly than just resting my thumb on the home button. But again, muscle memory. I do have an Apple Watch, so I use that now instead...but I just loved the feel of doing it with Touch ID.
How? Your face is covered that’s less facial info
Sit back and watch as jailbreak developers release a tweak to enable this function for all FaceID devices, for free.Yeah, hardware / silicon limitations. How could Apple even dare to do such a thing?