The trick to successfully unlocking Face ID while wearing a mask

If you are used to accessing the content of your iPhone using a selfie with the sensorTrueDepthof the front camera, you are aware that this solution has its limits. Indeed, although it may be incredibly effective with the face uncovered, it's a different story when part of the head is covered,as I pointed out a few weeks earlier.

At this time when the pandemicCOVID-19requires more and more people to wear a protective mask, including in France where this practice, more favored in Asia, is not usual, so it is a real problem.Particularly for caregivers.

La solution

Pouroverstep the limits of Face ID, simply scan your head again while wearing the mask, but folding it vertically so that only half is visible through the lens. Then, you must repeat the operation on the other side, until the procedure works. All the different necessary steps are available in the source of this article.

The method does not guarantee 100% reliable results, but can help if necessary. She also recalls that,although allowing us to consider theiPad Proas safer than their mid-range counterparts, Face ID technology can be misused, like any computer program.