For many people, Face ID has been frustrating to use for the past two years because it doesn't work with a face mask, but that's changing in iOS 15.4, an update that's currently available to ...

Face ID is great, as long as your iPhone can see your face. A mask — like the ones we all should be wearing to slow the coronavirus pandemic — blocks the iPhone’s Face ID sensor from seeing your face.

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The iOS 15.4 developer beta has introduced a version of Face ID that unlocks the user's iPhone while wearing a mask, though it is less secure. A new onboarding screen in the iOS 15.4 beta prompts ...

NEW YORK CITY -- I stood outside a busy New York City subway stop recently, dressed like a celebrity trying not to be recognized. My face was covered with sunglasses, a baseball cap and my black KN95 ...

Going about your day wearing a medical mask is starting to seem like a good idea. So if coronavirus concerns have you covering up, you can acclimate Apple’s Face ID to your new look. Tencent’s Xuanwu ...

Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, Apple has made Face ID useful again in iOS 15.4 by finally adding the ability to use the face unlock feature while wearing a face mask. I’ve been testing ...