At present, the mobile phone has three mainstream unlocking methods, namely physical fingerprint buttons, fingerprint recognition under the screen and 3D structured light facial recognition, to say that the most advanced and most insensitive is the iPhone's 3D structured light face unlock, the highest level of security, the experience is also the most comfortable, but after the epidemic comes, 3D structured light face unlock is not so good to use.
Because in the case of wearing a mask, the 3D structured light face unlock is not so sensitive, the probability of failure is too high, for this reason, after a system update, in the case of recognizing the wearing of a mask, the password will be quickly called up to unlock, and this unlocking process is far less rapid than fingerprint recognition.
In order to continue to play the advantages of FaceID face unlock, in Apple's latest IOS 15.4 developer preview, a new Face ID with Mask function has been added, even in the case of wearing a mask, Face ID can be identified by analyzing the characteristics around the human eye so that the iPhone unlocks and pays.
However, at present, this feature only supports the iPhone 12 series and the iPhone 13 series, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, iPhone X X these phones are not enough.
It is understood that in the case of wearing a mask to complete the face unlock requires a lot of computing power, currently only open for A14 processor support, as for the previous A13, A12 in the end, it will take a while to know.
Through this update can illustrate a truth, when necessary we still need to upgrade the system, some new features are pushed through the way of system updates, such as IOS15 live text recognition is a good example, this time wearing a mask unlock is also very practical, it is strongly recommended that iPhone 12 or more users update.
Finally, to talk about Lao Yang's own point of view, I have always believed that the 3D structured light experience is better than fingerprint recognition, for the following reasons:
1, more insensitive.
With the raised hand to illuminate the screen, it is unlocked invisibly, unlike fingerprints that need to be deliberately pressed. On this point, if you experience FaceID and fingerprint unlocking under the screen for a period of time, you will have a deep feeling.
2, higher security
Theoretically, FaceID 3D structured light recognition is more secure than fingerprint unlocking and is almost impossible to crack.
3. Wider applicability
In the case of sweating or wet hands in the summer, fingerprint recognition is very insensitive, in addition, many elderly people have some wear on their fingers, and the success rate of fingerprint unlocking is also very low. FaceID does not have these problems.
Lao Yang has always hoped that the Android camp can have more mobile phones that use 3D structured light to unlock, but many manufacturers of this technology feel that the cost is too high, and it will destroy the overall shape of the mobile phone, and they are not willing to use it.