iOS 13 and macOS Catalina allow you to enter iCloud through Face ID or Touch ID

Apple continues to add new hidden features in iOS 13, iPadOS (the equivalent of iOS 13 for iPad), and macOS Catalina. To the long list of news that they announced to us and that has been increasing throughout these first weeks of testing, we must now add a new feature: enter iCloud using Face ID and Touch ID.

Now when you want to access your iCloud account and have iOS 13, iPadOS or macOS Catalina installed, you can simply use your face or your fingerprint to log into your account, without having to enter your email or your password.

The procedure is very simple and anyone who has iOS 13, iPadOS or macOS Catalina installed in its latest available Beta can give it a try. You just have to visit www.icloud.com (should redirect you to beta.icloud.com if you have the iOS 13 beta installed) and then a window will appear asking you if you want to access the Apple website using the account associated with your device. If you click on continue then the Face ID will identify you to give you direct access to iCloud. If you have a device with Touch ID, you must place your fingerprint on the home button of your iPhone or iPad, or on the button of the touch bar of the MacBook Pro.

This change represents an advance in the comfort of accessing your iCloud account. In this amount to do this same task you have to enter your account and password, in addition to the verification number that is sent to us by the two-factor authentication. With this change Apple wants to make use of its biometric security systems to facilitate this task without losing a bit of security, and after doing the test you can confirm that it succeeds. Let's remember that Apple wants the Apple Watch to be one more element to use in the security of its system, and there may be more changes in the near future thanks to it.