The face mask is still necessary for some areas due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the mortality rate has been reduced by far since then, you still cannot go to market or public places without a mast on your face. Thus, it is observed that wearing a face mask has become the new fashion in the town. Though there is no legal requirement for a face mask; now people are afraid of this pandemic and still wear face masks.
Wearing a face mask and unlocking your smartphone is still a big issue and people have to remove face masks to unlock their phones. But the big news for the people who possess iPhone 12 or 13 can now unlock their iPhone with a face mask. Apple took this problem to the notice and introduced iOS 15.4 in March 2022 to unlock your iPhone with a face mask. Before iOS 15.4, the face determining feature of Apple could undoubtedly identify an individual even with a face mask. Apple made it feasible if you had an Apple Watch synced with your iPhone; you could comfortably unlock it regardless of whether you were wearing a mask. The Apple face ID (face identification feature) would remember you even in the face mask.
So, the good news is the days have gone by to remove your mask to unlock your iPhone. Technology is making progress by leaps and bounds. The credit goes to the latest version of iOS that gave relaxation & convenience to all iPhone users; if you upgrade our iPhone 12 & 13 to the latest iOS 15.4 and use this feature.
Instructions to Unlock your iPhone with a Mask
To improve user experience, Apple keeps on making some tweaks to the face recognition ID. This is not hidden from anyone because the face recognition feature does not recognize your face every time and the screen quickly switches to the passcode, and you unlock it using the passcode. The new iOS version has made all necessary tweaks in the OS to handle the problem for iPhone users.
The arrival of the new iOS 15.4 takes special care of its users with absolutely what they need, the potentiality of the iPhone to recognize an individual with a mask. Subsequently, with this, the requirement for passwords will end. This is how to get started.
- Update or install from your existing iOS version to the latest iOS 15.4
- Land on the face ID, set up a page, and get everything rolling from that point.
- There will be an option of choosing Face ID with a mask. Kindly select it and move further.
- Do your face scan process. Don’t bother wearing your mask while doing this. 5. When it’s done, complete the face ID setup again.
Presently, in case of setting up the ID with a face mask, it is necessary for you to redo your face scan with your mask. There must be a few things to be taken care of. Assume you opted for “set up later” while setting Face ID with a mask. You can activate it anytime.
See the instructions below to activate the Face recognition ID setup
- Go to the settings on your iPhone.
- In the Face ID settings, enable Face-ID with the mast setup and scan your face again very much like the previously mentioned steps.
With the above settings and iOS 15.4, the face detection issue has been solved. But, wait, did we miss something? Yes, we usually miss something to mention. So, I would suggest you ask me those questions through comments and you will get the answers.