iPhone X Why doesn’t Face ID automatically try again to scan my face?

[Newtons Apple]

I also think Face ID needs to be improved!

But is there any trick what I can do to quickly get a re scan if it doesn’t scan my face at first?

I would hit "cancel" when it asks for the passcode and it will go right back into scanning your face.

 

[Raist3001]

Yeah but it would be so easy to tap on the screen and iPhone tries to scan again

I would hit "cancel" when it asks for the passcode and it will go right back into scanning your face.

There you go. That works like a charm 🙂

 

[iapplelove]

I am like you except I find it hard to believe people are having issues with FaceID as it works so well for me. It is possible that maybe your phone's dot projector or reader my be slightly out of alignment.

I’m also shocked to hear people having trouble. It’s worked far beyond my expectations in my case.

So much so I haven’t even thought about Touch ID once.

 

[Newtons Apple]

I’m also shocked to hear people having trouble. It’s worked far beyond my expectations in my case.

So much so I haven’t even thought about Touch ID once.

Seems to be a love or hate thing. If mine worked as bad as some here claim, I would have returned my X and kept the 8+.

 

[Raist3001]

Seems to be a love or hate thing. If mine worked as bad as some here claim, I would have returned my X and kept the 8+.

I do have a love/hate relationship with FaceID. I hate that it fails for me many, many times, but I love the way it authenticates me within apps. And when it does work for me, it truly does surpass TouchID. I accept my love/hate relationship because I can see the benefit of FaceID, and also understand that this is only GEN1.

 

[44267547]

I’m also shocked to hear people having trouble. It’s worked far beyond my expectations in my case.

So much so I haven’t even thought about Touch ID once.

What some seemingly forget about Face ID is the relearn process if it fails by re-entering your password. I find it seems to be a much more improved process over the course of time through the machine learning.

 

[Nolander07]

I am afraid I do not need it improved. Works very well for me. I do not even thinks about it anymore, I just swipe up and it is ready.

This has been my experience as well. I feel like I don’t have a passcode on my phone. I don’t even think about it anymore, I just pick up my phone and swipe up, it opens 99.9% of the time.

 

[Bladery]

Quickly pressing the side button and then tapping on the screen will initiate a new scan. 2 Steps as opposed to one.

Way to complicated. I need to use two hands for that

 

[IowaLynn]

Snow and temperature? Sunglasses? With TID it’s gloves and anything coating your fingertips like oil, dirt.

I’m convinced there have been changes to iPhone X and later models may have updated chipsets. Or that shipping with 11.3 and never having had 11.0 early builds.

No issues. I worry that a drop could damage or alter alignment or something.

 

[Aston441]

Last year there were reports that FaceID had a very hard time with some ethnicities. Maybe that's a factor?