3 ms·
I find FaceID worse than TouchID, in a couple of ways: 1. It's very common both at work and at home that the iPhone is flat on a table and I want to quickly un
by mft_ 8y ago
I find FaceID worse than TouchID, in a couple of ways:
1. It's very common both at work and at home that the iPhone is flat on a table and I want to quickly unlock it to check something. Previously, snaking a finger out was sufficient; now, I have to deliberately pick it up, look at it, and then swipe upwards. (It's also much more conspicuous in meetings.)
2. FaceID seems to struggle (i.e. fail to unlock, or delay the unlock) more often than TouchID - it seems quite sensitive to the angle it's held at as it scans my face.
- bcatanzaro 8y agoAnother problem is that you don't get to control the start of a FaceID scan. Many apps that I use (mostly for banking) have some non-deterministic loading procedure that can take from 1-20 seconds. At some point, the load completes and the app initiates a FaceID scan. If you're not holding the phone at the right angle at that moment, the scan fails. Then it falls back to a passcode. It's a terrible user experience. They should give me the chance to push a button after I've gotten the phone in the right position before initiating the scan. Or they should give me the chance to retry the scan if I wasn't ready. As it is, they expect me to hold my phone rigidly for a non-deterministic amount of time in order to use FaceID.
- macintux 8y agoInteresting point. Definitely worth noting that’s the apps’ fault: my primary banking app waits for me to trigger FaceID.
- 1123581321 8y agoIf your face is not recognized, it will prompt you with a system modal to either “Try Face ID Again,” which does what you want, or “Cancel,” which lets the app decide what to do (most of mine go to a button you can tap to try Face ID again.)
- 1123581321 8y agoHave you tried either re-saving your face or saving a second face at the angle that gives you trouble?