Apple is updating the “Face ID” functionality on the iPhone. Facial recognition should also work with a protective mask in the future.
If you are using an iPhone, you will soon be able to unlock your smartphone with a protective mask using facial recognition. Apple has now made the revised Face ID functionality available for the first time in a beta version of iOS 15.4 that can be accessed by developers.
This is indeed possible, but only in a roundabout way – because until now an Apple Watch is required if the mouth and nose cover is worn. To do this, Face ID in the future will focus on “unique features in the area around the eyes” in order to identify the user, Like YouTuber Brandon Butch Indicates. According to a report by Spiegel. Unlocking by facial recognition is said to have reliably succeeded in the first test with medical masks and FFP2 masks. According to the IT portal “golem.de”, the whole thing should be But it only works with iPhone 12 and later models.
New emojis are coming
Among other things, the new emoji should be available to consumers using iOS 15.4, As ‘Emojipedia’ reports.. Among other things, there should be a disco ball, a pregnant man, a crutch and a slide.
Apple first introduced Face ID with the iPhone X in 2017. It is not yet known when the final update to iOS 15.4 will be released.
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