Apple will restrict Masked Face ID on iPhone 12 and 13 – MacMagazine

Test start New versions of operating systems An apple – more accurately than iOS 15.4 – Caused an uproar about a feature requested by users Iphone.

It is located around The ability to unlock the device by Face ID with the mask, which is not possible in any of the versions of the operating system that Apple has already officially released. For now, it is worth remembering, Only who has one Apple Watch achieve Easily unlock iPhones with face biometrics using the mask.

While we’re (hopefully) heading toward the end of the pandemic, the feature’s arrival has been widely celebrated, but what many people didn’t expect was that it would come with an asterisk. And it’s pretty big: many iPhones with Face ID technology currently in circulation won’t be covered by the feature.

Based on the tests, the 9to5Mac nailed This resource Use Face ID with the mask Available (in iOS 15.4 testing) only for lines iPhone 12 e 13 – Exclude all other iPhones that support Face ID like X, XS, XS Max, XR, 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max.

Since the feature uses “unique properties” around users’ eyes for authentication, it’s possible that the technology needed for this process will only be available on the latest iPhones — who knows, a more powerful chip.

However, it may also be the case that we are facing a corporate strategy for users to migrate to the latest hardware – which would be nothing new when it comes to Apple and the business world as a whole.

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