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This is a key factor: bringing the phone to your face is the confirmatory action that validates that you intend to use the device. Its narrow field of view mean
by quitit 5y ago
This is a key factor: bringing the phone to your face is the confirmatory action that validates that you intend to use the device. Its narrow field of view means the authentication only works in deliberate scenarios.
Meanwhile the laptop is usually just sitting there, so switching to faceid will require some confirmatory action by the user, that’s adding a step which isn’t currently there.
Other scenarios come to mind: say someone else is using your computer and faceid is doing its thing. Or what about the creep factor: plenty of people put privacy covers on their laptop’s camera but not their phone. I’m sure this type of person might be a bit put off by the idea of not being able to cover it.
I think a lot of the curiosity about faceid’s absence on laptops would disappear if people tested it for themselves.
- mthoms 5y ago>I think a lot of the curiosity about faceid’s absence on laptops would disappear if people tested it for themselves. This is already a thing in many Windows laptops. I've not heard anything terribly negative about it - either online or in the real world.
- Jtsummers 5y agoPlenty of people use the equivalent of FaceID on their laptops, they're just Windows users. But, FaceID would not have to preclude TouchID as an alternative method or be mandatory (it's not on iPadOS or iOS). It's an option when you setup the device, you enable it or you don't. And you can change your mind later and toggle its state in the system settings.
- quitit 5y agoIsn’t “Faceid” on windows/android just facial recognition with the camera?
- Jtsummers 5y agoI mean, yes. But from a user perspective it's the same, that's why I also didn't call it FaceID though, only an equivalent. You said: > I think a lot of the curiosity about faceid’s absence on laptops would disappear if people tested it for themselves. My point was, if it were a widespread concern, then the Windows users are an example of a substantial population making use of facial recognition to unlock their computers already. You were saying that if people tried it they'd (implied) reject it, but people have tried it, and they have not rejected it.