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Face ID is a step back in usability for most cases, since you have to be looking at your phone to unlock it. Doesn’t work if you’re in the car and need to unloc
by easton 5y ago
Face ID is a step back in usability for most cases, since you have to be looking at your phone to unlock it. Doesn’t work if you’re in the car and need to unlock for CarPlay, doesn’t work if someone else needs to change music, doesn’t work if the phone’s in your pocket and you want Siri to continue telling you privileged info. They just solved masks (in beta), but that still doesn’t work for Apple Pay or app authentication. The amount of times I’ve had to pull over to punch in my alphanumeric passcode so the passenger can get to Google Maps makes me want to throw the phone in the creek.
I think they’ll make some triumphant return to Touch ID in the power button at some point, because they don’t really seem to feel like making Face ID better right now either. I’m not sure what the big draw is, as in the best case it’s as usable as Touch ID was.
- Nextgrid 5y agoFace ID is a terrible compromise to make the "borderless", no-home-button design work at a time where they couldn't get either under-screen fingerprint sensors nor put one on the side or the back. Form over function, as usual.
- GeekyBear 5y ago>Face ID is a step back in usability for most cases, since you have to be looking at your phone to unlock it. You can flip a switch in the settings to turn off the requirement to look at the phone to unlock it.
- easton 5y agoMy face still has to be in front of the screen, even if I’m not “paying attention” to it. That doesn’t solve most of the usability issues, unfortunately.
- hughrr 5y agoTouch ID seems to stop working when people get old. Several people I know it doesn’t work properly for. Skin related.
- gnicholas 5y agoI live in CA and love Touch ID. But I have friends who live in colder/wetter places who don't like taking off gloves or drying off fingers to unlock their phones. Touch ID and Face ID are both mixed bags. Would be great if they had both, but I understand that space is at a premium and they may want to push for a single authentication solution.
- krrrh 5y ago> Doesn’t work if you’re in the car and need to unlock for CarPlay, doesn’t work if someone else needs to change music, doesn’t work if the phone’s in your pocket and you want Siri to continue telling you privileged info. They just solved masks (in beta), but that still doesn’t work for Apple Pay or app authentication As usual with Apple the Siri message notifications and unlocking while masked work fine if you have AirPods and an Apple Watch, everything is always optimized for the integrated experience. Personally I prefer faceID and the chinless display plus not having to find the touch pad on the back like a pixel phone. For carplay though, you really should enable it before you hit the road, even with touchid.
- bitwidget 5y agoI'm actually in the other camp. I'm currently running an iPhone 8 and the touch id has been very inconsistent in actually unlocking for me. I have to position my finger in a specific way (I even have tried reenrolling my fingerprints) and to no avail. I do usually get sweaty palms and fingers so perhaps that has something to do with it but, in my opinion, touch id isn't perfect for me.
- mandeepj 5y ago> you have to be looking at your phone to unlock it. Doesn’t work if you’re in the car and need to unlock for CarPlay You can't look at your phone for a nano-second while driving? If still no, then here are your alternates you can explore - 1. Setup an alternate appearance: like side pose 2. Turn off "Require Attention for Face ID" 3. Unlock phone with voice commands - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeJQHBBpUPs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeJQHBBpUPs 4. Allow access for CarPlay when locked - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8519499 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8519499