There are lots of brilliant things about the next big Apple iPhone software update, but one stands out. Really, it can't come soon enough.
It has meant that unlocking your iPhone has been less smooth than before. If you have an Apple Watch, you can set it so that you can unlock your iPhone when you’re wearing a mask. It’s a wholly successful system that means the iPhone checks with your Watch that you are you and unlocks the screen.
However, it only unlocks the lock screen, it doesn’t perform the other function of Face ID, to work with Apple Pay or certain locked apps. And, obviously, it doesn’t work if you don’t have an Apple Watch.With iOS 15.4, you don’t need an Apple Watch for this facility, and, in fact, it’ll work better than it does right now.The only work you need to put in is an extra round of Face ID set-up. Like the one you did when you first got the iPhone.
Apple says it’s not quite as secure as Face ID usually is, and the extra scan is because it’s got less of a face to go on when you’re wearing a mask. But it’s still secure enough for Apple to allow Apple Pay to work....I can’t blame you. After all, it’s pretty cool. The only way to get this upgraded system now is to enroll in the public beta of iOS 15.4.
Or, of course, you can hold off until iOS 15.4 goes on general release, but it means waiting just a little longer, a few more weeks yet.
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