You'd log in to your MacBook using Face ID or your Apple Watch (something that you can do today). You'd log in to your iMac using a Touch ID button on your Magic Keyboard. And you'd log in. Apple has received a new patent related to Face ID, which is a biometric user authentication system.The patent details next-generation face recognition technology that uses a face heat mapping.
Apple has quietly introduced a new change to its Face ID feature so people wearing masks during the coronavirus pandemic don't have to remove them to unlock their phones.
Apple parallel space. Face ID was introduced with the iPhone X, allowing users to unlock their iPhones using only their facial image instead of a fingerprint or a password.
However the face masks which have become so prevalent during the COVID-19 pandemic are obscuring many of the details the iPhone uses to confirm identities.
We all know the struggle: your Apple iPhone Face ID refuses to recognise you when you're wearing a face mask. Now, a solution is here - but you'll need a watch. Apple is changing that. In the latest beta release of iOS 13.5, multiple developers said a new Face ID feature makes it easier to unlock the iPhone without having to take off a mask. Your Apple ID is the account you use for all Apple services.
As pointed out by @Sonikku_a2, if you're wearing a mask, iOS 13.5 goes straight to the passcode screen if you try to unlock with Face ID (keypad not shown because iOS hides it in screen recordings) pic.twitter.com/bQCzu5u20p
Macbook With Face Id Tags
— Guilherme Rambo (@_inside) April 29, 2020Apple parallel space. Face ID was introduced with the iPhone X, allowing users to unlock their iPhones using only their facial image instead of a fingerprint or a password.
However the face masks which have become so prevalent during the COVID-19 pandemic are obscuring many of the details the iPhone uses to confirm identities.
We all know the struggle: your Apple iPhone Face ID refuses to recognise you when you're wearing a face mask. Now, a solution is here - but you'll need a watch. Apple is changing that. In the latest beta release of iOS 13.5, multiple developers said a new Face ID feature makes it easier to unlock the iPhone without having to take off a mask. Your Apple ID is the account you use for all Apple services.
As pointed out by @Sonikku_a2, if you're wearing a mask, iOS 13.5 goes straight to the passcode screen if you try to unlock with Face ID (keypad not shown because iOS hides it in screen recordings) pic.twitter.com/bQCzu5u20p
Macbook With Face Id Tags
— Guilherme Rambo (@_inside) April 29, 2020Now, instead of fumbling around with the phone to try and access the passcode screen - which usually happens after Face ID fails to recognise a face multiple times - Apple is detecting if people are wearing a mask and automatically jumping them there.
This isn't the only feature with Apple is working on to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
Apple Face Id Security
In a rare collaboration with Google, the technology giants are updating the iOS and Android mobile operating systems so they can use Bluetooth in the background and register when they come within close proximity of another mobile phone.
This feature will be essential for digital contact-tracing apps which will automatically record who people had been in close contact with and then alert them if one of those people turns out to be infected with the virus.
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The company has also recently revealed its long-awaited cheaper device, the iPhone SE, bringing back the look of the iPhone 8 in red, white and black.
Reports had suggested that Apple's plans to increase iPhone production and launch a cheaper model could be disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak.
Apple's quarterly financial results will be announced on Thursday.
The company previously warned investors it would not meet its financial targets due to the impact of the outbreak on production and sales in China.