iOS 14.5 lets you unlock your iPhone with Face ID while wearing a mask, if you have an Apple Watch

02 February 2021
iOS 14.5 also enables worldwide dual-SIM 5G support and comes with app tracking transparency controls.

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  • 03 Feb 2021

Anonymous, 03 Feb 2021Why do youuuuuu care so much? He has every right to critici... moreThis guy is surely on the Apple payroll, claims to be unbiased yet can't digest a single negative comment against IPhones and Apple products.
In another article, when Android~Authority guy asked him his top 5 phones list, he simply refused to give his list making excuses, simply because he didn't want to name Android phones in it. That's how much he hates Android. This guy is insufferable.

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    SNA1970, 03 Feb 2021What for exactly ? the whole world is living without face r... moreVery well said.

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      • 03 Feb 2021

      is it so hard to use under display fingerprint reader or to put one at he back mimicking the apple logo? apple had 10 months to adapt iphone12 to pandemic. it shouldn't be harder than creating the COVID vaccine!

        AnonD-909757, 02 Feb 2021Fingerprint scanner is NOT a replacement for 3D face recogn... moreWhat for exactly ? the whole world is living without face recognition on all android phones and are happy and feel nothing missing.

        Apple face recognition is nothing but a gimmick from day one. no one is missing it .

        we all use our hands to carry the phone , so a finger scan is fast and enough.

        replacement or not air bag or belt , it is not needed from day one in a phone.

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          • 03 Feb 2021

          Anonymous, 03 Feb 2021Selling their excess stocks of watches during a pandemic.Exactly, I bet the sales were pretty low since people spend much more time in home office and possibilites for sport are in many places limited (bad weather, gym closed) and it's rather depressing to see how few steps you make. I got a 90 euro Amazfit, battery lasts more than 7 days and offers me everything I need, no need to spend 6 times more. Works perfectly with my iphone 12 pro max.

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            • 03 Feb 2021

            Good try Apple! I am not buying your 600 Euro watches that have 17h battery life.

              I've always been saying that face unlock is a total joke since Day 1, and this idea strengthens my stance even stronger. Seriously, just f*** face unlock and give fingerprint scanning all day, even on Android. This is yet another proof that new tech or ideas are not always better than the old.

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                Anonymous, 03 Feb 2021Selling their excess stocks of watches during a pandemic.They have sold more watches than any smartwatch maker out there so how is it left over stock, you just sound bitter

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                  • 03 Feb 2021

                  Selling their excess stocks of watches during a pandemic.

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                    • 03 Feb 2021

                    Tommy Chhangte, 03 Feb 2021Lol please, you guys have nothing to defend Apple for from ... moreHe does it in every article. Just an obnoxious tr°ll who needs to get a life.
                    This guy seriously needs help. He be trippin over any critiscm against Apple.

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                      • 03 Feb 2021

                      AnonD-804996, 03 Feb 2021Why do you care so much? You don't own iPhone, you don... moreWhy do youuuuuu care so much? He has every right to criticize Apple.
                      What he said is true. Is that why you got triggered?
                      Apple has months to prepare in advance.... He is right, 8 months is enough time to put an fingerprint scanner. They just don't care. They are too greedy.

                      Why can't you understanding that normal criticism of some brand doesn't mean hatred.
                      But I see you in every commentary section covering up for their issues. Are you on the payroll to defend them? If not then shhhut uppp. True Apple fans are ready to take criticism. Terrible fannnnboys like you are the worst.

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                        • 03 Feb 2021

                        OnePlus 8 already unlocks in you are wearing a face mask.Fooling Status seeking people.Lol

                          AnonD-804996, 02 Feb 2021Isn't it a general consensus that Android Wear watches... moreLol please, you guys have nothing to defend Apple for from this article. Why divert the topic at hand? This news is about a flaw, a drawback in the iPhone's biometric system. The solution of which, of course, is expensive and comes with a ton of conditions to work, if at all. It's not about Apple Watch VS Android Watch.

                            Hahahahaha
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                            That's it
                            I have nothing to say, Apple

                              LOL... new way to fool iUsers again!!! :D
                              It is new way to sell remaining Apple watches to brainwashed costomers!!
                              Go on apple... loot people as much as you can, still you will be known as Hero.... hehehe!!!

                                AnonD-804996, 03 Feb 2021Why do you care so much? You don't own iPhone, you don... morejust leave him be. likely the type of person to look at a 13" M1 MB pro and think "lol apple trash isheep device" then compares it to some garbage gaming laptop that's battery lasts 3 hours lmfao.

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                                  Android-Authority, 02 Feb 2021They were too cheap to put an under-the-display fingerprint... moreWhy do you care so much? You don't own iPhone, you don't own Apple Watch, you hate on Apple at every possible opportunity. Even if they made the most perfect phone with every tech possible you'd still s**t on it. :rolleyes: Guess what genius, a lot of people already have iPhone+AppleWatch combo. Guess how much this feature will cost us. ZERO. And so you type a frigging PIN if you don't have a watch. Or pull a mask a bit down for a second. Big damn deal when 3/4 of population refuses to wear a mask or wears it in all possible wrong ways...

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                                    Anonymous, 02 Feb 2021Typical Android~Hater has nothing better to do. Why don... moreDifference between you and me is that I literally said that "I heard this and that" about Android watches. You on the other hand always s**t on Apple with such confidence like you're the biggest expert on everything Apple. But I bet you haven't even held any in your hands like ever. Why don't you buzz off this page forever instead, eh? You literally contribute less than nothing. My god you're annoying with your over-confident BS that's basically always equally confidently wrong and then hiding behind Anonymous status. Pathetic.

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                                      • 02 Feb 2021

                                      AnonD-804996, 02 Feb 2021Isn't it a general consensus that Android Wear watches... moreTypical Android~Hater has nothing better to do. Why don't you just get off this site permanently???

                                        They were too cheap to put an under-the-display fingerprint scanner.
                                        They had months to prepare after the start of the pandemic, where it was clear that face ID wasn't working with a mask on the iPhone 11 series.
                                        Now they come up with a ridiculous expensive solution where they are pushing unnecessary products like Apple watch onto the consumer just to get a particular feature working.