The iPhone supports wearing a mask to unlock, but does not support sunglasses unlocking

Warmed up for a long time, the iPhone will support unlocking the phone without taking off the mask and using Face ID.

The settings page for the first developer beta of iOS 15.4 shows that the iPhone can identify unique features around the eye area for authentication. According to the official description, after upgrading to wear a mask to use face ID, the boot will remind whether to use this function, after the user chooses to use, it will be required to enter the face ID again, this time mainly to record the user's eye surrounding characteristics, for identification when wearing a mask. In order to make the identification more accurate, it is also possible to enter the appearance of the owner wearing glasses every day on this basis, but the sunglasses are not included. After testing, this feature is currently only available for the iPhone 12 and 13 series, in addition to convenient biometric unlocking, it also supports Apple Pay-based payments.

Under the epidemic, wearing a mask to unlock the mobile phone has become a necessity. The Android camp generally uses screen fingerprint technology to cope, and apple's practice in the past is to introduce a new feature that enables users wearing masks to unlock iPhones using paired and authenticated Apple Watch, thus avoiding constantly entering passwords and thus stimulating Apple Watch sales. According to data from research institute Counterpoint, Apple's market share in the global smart watch market in the third quarter of 2021 was 21.8%, ranking first.

It is worth mentioning that due to the uncertainty of the beta software, this feature may be cancelled when it is intended for the general public. In fact, a similar feature appeared as early as February 2021 when the beta version of iOS 14.5 was released, and by the time it was fully available, it was gone. (Article/Finance World Weekly Kang Jialin Editor/You Yong)