Whaaaat? Touch ID never failed me unless my finger was wet. When I'm lying down in bed, or wearing different glasses, or just doing nothing, Face ID will randomly take its time to unlock the phone.
I wonder if the delay is due to the fact that when your MacBook wakes from sleep it takes an ever so slightly longer time to connect to the watch and authenticate.
As a prior S0 owner, I'd imagine it'll load the Weep app forever.
I mean, you kind of want FaceID to not work with a mask, right? Otherwise it's less secure.
This, but the only issue with the watch is it can often be awkward to have to twist your wrist around to get the watch to the NFC sensor, depending on where it's placed at the payment kiosk. Especially since COVID, with all the plastic barriers that have gone up at cashiers.
The only time I'm really out at the moment is to go to the supermarket, and I already have my phone out because I'm using their self-scan app. It'd be less hassle to double tap the button on my phone and pay, rather than put the phone away and fiddle with the watch.
TouchID doesn't work in the winter or the rain. The global pandemic is not Apple's fault.
About that...
9to5mac said:
It really is the best. I had forgotten about it at the beginning of the pandemic, but nowadays? I am in-and-out of a store like a lightning bolt, especially if they have self-checkout.
The 9to5mac story says it works like the Mac unlock, so you don't need to do anything with the watch but it'll give a haptic tap to notify you.
So it will unlock as long as you're wearing an unlocked watch? No physical action or verification necessary? I keep reading over the story and it seems kind of vague.
Just have the watch overhaul Face ID, Touch ID, and passcode whenever it's on your wrist and unlocked. It doesn't make any sense to keep the feature exclusive to Mac.
I've never had problems in either of those situations with TouchID. I assume by winter you mean gloves then yea it wont work(I don't wear gloves in winter).
Disabling Bluetooth doesn't disable an Apple Watch connection.
I wish there was a way for it to "learn" what you look like with a mask and accept that as well
