It's probably a little late, but our iPhone will now be able to recognize our face with Face ID even when wearing a mask as of the update to iOS 15.4, whose first Beta is now available.
After almost two years of the pandemic, two years of wearing masks, Apple finally seems to have made Face ID work even when we wear this uncomfortable but necessary accessory on our face. The first Beta of iOS 15.4 already allows you to configure Face ID while wearing the mask, and no, it is not necessary that we have our Apple Watch on our wrist and unlocked. Face ID already works with the mask on, without small print, without asterisks or quotes.
Apple assures that it has achieved this new functionality thanks to identifying unique features of our face around the eyes, in this way with a smaller recognition zone it can achieve a similar number of "key points" and thus recognize our face without reducing security. of the system. We will have to see how this recognition works, but if Apple has dared to take this step, it is because it is already very advanced and it is sure that its operation will be as good and safe as when we do not wear a mask. For the configuration of this unlocking it is not necessary that we wear the mask, and it works if we wear glasses, in fact it works better if we wear glasses according to Apple, although it does not work if we wear sunglasses.
What improves this new system regarding unlocking with the help of the Apple Watch? Well, basically with the Apple Watch we can unlock the device using Face ID by wearing a mask, but we cannot make payments or unlock applications. However, this update will allow us to use Face ID normally even if we wear the mask.. Does this mean that we can say goodbye to the fingerprint sensor under the screen? Shall we bet something?