Face ID is the safest and fastest measure of biometric security, which allows us both unlocking your iPhone or iPad, without the need to enter PIN or password, as well as the validation of online transactions on banking applications. All with Face ID we have quick access to confidential data from various applications, such as financial ones, secret photo galleries, personal notes, diaries and others.
With the pandemic, Face ID he showed his helplessness then when I wore a mask, and making a payment contactless by Apple Pay or simply unlocking the iPhone "at a glance" have become almost impossible.
For owners Apple Watch we have good news. The next final version of watchOS will allow replacement Face ID cu Apple Watch then when the iPhone detects that you have a mask on your face. This feature will be introduced in watchOS 7.4, which is now in a fairly advanced beta development stage, and in order to activate the option it is also necessary iPhone update to the next version iOS 14.5.
How to activate the replacement / unlocking Face ID cu Apple Watch when wearing a mask
The new option will be available in the menu "Settings" of the iPhone to "Face ID & Passcode" under the "Unlock With Apple Watch".
Conditions like this replacement feature Face ID cu Apple Watch is only available in the following scenarios:
- Apple Watch be in the hands of the owner, password protected (PIN) and unlocked.
- The face must be covered with a protective mask (nose and mouth). The option will not work if you have your face completely covered.
- Apple Watch to be updated to watchOS 7.4 (or newer version)
– iPhone must be updated to iOS 14.5 (or a newer version)
The same way, Apple Watch will be able to unlock/replace Face ID and for iPad, with the release iPadOS 14.5.
Apple Watch already has this option to unlock MacBook or Mac and security straws that required the system password. I wrote about activating the unlock Mac cu Apple Watch here.
It is expected that iOS 14.5 and watchOS 7.4 to be released in the final version for the public, by the end of March 2021.
