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Can someone explain to me why unlocking with FaceID requires you to swipe up? Pressing the power button and having my face visible seems like a good signal to

Can someone explain to me why unlocking with FaceID requires you to swipe up? Pressing the power button and having my face visible seems like a good signal to let me start interacting with icons. That, to me, was the FaceID downgrade. It's still easy to unlock when you pull it out of your pocket, it's just annoying that you have to shift your grip downwards to swipe up. (One problem with designing products in California is that they don't have public transportation, so nobody beta testing the phone is standing on a crowded subway, hanging on with one hand and trying to use their phone with the other. The SE was great for one-handed use. The subsequent phones are difficult there.)

gumby 5y ago
> Can someone explain to me why unlocking with FaceID requires you to swipe up? Pressing the power button and having my face visible seems like a good signal to let me start interacting with icons. I often want to look at the lock screen, perhaps to tell the time or to read / interact with a notification, or to swipe from the left to interact with the widgets. Quite a lot of my phone usage is like this: recency based (driven by notifications) and/or not wanting to open the phone and then search for the app I want, launch it, get to the right screen and blah blah. Much lower overhead to get the job done. I don't tend to open my phone and doom scroll when I have a moment. I understand that's the major use case for most people, and for them perhaps your model would be appropriate.
reaperducer 5y ago
Can someone explain to me why unlocking with FaceID requires you to swipe up? It doesn't. On my iPhone, just picking it up to look at the latest alerts activates FaceID. I find it annoying because more often I just want to see the notifications, not jump back into whatever app I was using six hours ago. If you and I are having opposite problems, there must be a setting for this.
- jrockway 5y ago
  I looked and did some forum research and there isn't a setting. I think I like the feature you dislike; I just want to be at the home screen or last app without touching the screen after FaceID is done. The current state leaves you on the notifications screen with an unlocked padlock after FaceID, then you have to swipe to actually use your phone. (This was never a problem with TouchID.) Other comments say it's so you can read the notifications after you unlock, but I rarely want to do that.
  - Nextgrid 5y ago
    I think you can preemptively swipe (either as it's doing the Face ID auth, or beforehand) and then it will give you the passcode screen but Face ID is actually still active on that screen, and when you complete it (either via Face ID or passcode entry) it will take you straight to the home screen.
mandeepj 5y ago
>One problem with designing products in California is that they don't have public transportation BART does not count?
mandeepj 5y ago
> Can someone explain to me why unlocking with FaceID requires you to swipe up? I never encountered it. When I lift my phone, it's already lit and once my face is positioned with the camera - it gets unlocked.
theshrike79 5y ago
My phone is on a stand on my table, when I get a notification it displays "<app name>" and the icon. When I look at it, FaceID detects it and shows the full notification text, which may contain personal information. If it unlocked fully, I'd just see a bunch of icons, not the notification and I'd need to swipe to see them.

gumby 5y ago

> Can someone explain to me why unlocking with FaceID requires you to swipe up? Pressing the power button and having my face visible seems like a good signal to let me start interacting with icons. I often want to look at the lock screen, perhaps to tell the time or to read / interact with a notification, or to swipe from the left to interact with the widgets. Quite a lot of my phone usage is like this: recency based (driven by notifications) and/or not wanting to open the phone and then search for the app I want, launch it, get to the right screen and blah blah. Much lower overhead to get the job done. I don't tend to open my phone and doom scroll when I have a moment. I understand that's the major use case for most people, and for them perhaps your model would be appropriate.

reaperducer 5y ago

Can someone explain to me why unlocking with FaceID requires you to swipe up? It doesn't. On my iPhone, just picking it up to look at the latest alerts activates FaceID. I find it annoying because more often I just want to see the notifications, not jump back into whatever app I was using six hours ago. If you and I are having opposite problems, there must be a setting for this.

jrockway 5y ago
I looked and did some forum research and there isn't a setting. I think I like the feature you dislike; I just want to be at the home screen or last app without touching the screen after FaceID is done. The current state leaves you on the notifications screen with an unlocked padlock after FaceID, then you have to swipe to actually use your phone. (This was never a problem with TouchID.) Other comments say it's so you can read the notifications after you unlock, but I rarely want to do that.
- Nextgrid 5y ago
  I think you can preemptively swipe (either as it's doing the Face ID auth, or beforehand) and then it will give you the passcode screen but Face ID is actually still active on that screen, and when you complete it (either via Face ID or passcode entry) it will take you straight to the home screen.

mandeepj 5y ago

>One problem with designing products in California is that they don't have public transportation BART does not count?

mandeepj 5y ago

> Can someone explain to me why unlocking with FaceID requires you to swipe up? I never encountered it. When I lift my phone, it's already lit and once my face is positioned with the camera - it gets unlocked.

theshrike79 5y ago

My phone is on a stand on my table, when I get a notification it displays "<app name>" and the icon. When I look at it, FaceID detects it and shows the full notification text, which may contain personal information. If it unlocked fully, I'd just see a bunch of icons, not the notification and I'd need to swipe to see them.