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Your iPhone Will Now Recognize You While Wearing Face Mask

iOS 15.04 update has been released with very important good news for iPhone users. Now, the problem of not being able to unlock with the face mask on devices using Face ID is completely disappeared.

The 15.4 updates, which are currently only seen in users included in the developer program, allow your iPhone to recognize you even when you are masked.

As we all know, our lives have been affected by the reality of the pandemic for the last two years. The pandemic, caused us to adopt a brand new lifestyle and new habits, and to integrate distance in our social lives, making the use of masks compulsory all over the world.

Masks, which we were used to seeing only in hospitals until yesterday, have taken their place in our lives with thousands of varieties today.

After the masks entered our lives, iPhone users met with an unexpected bad surprise. It was FACE ID technology, which does not work when wearing a face mask.

The face recognition system, which we activated on our phones as a great convenience when it first started, unfortunately, lost its old functionality after the masks.

It seems that iOS operating system developers have not been indifferent about this problem that has been spoken about among users in recent years.



With a feature previously offered to Apple Watch users, you could easily unlock while masked by pairing two devices, but since this does not cover all iPhone users, the IOS 15.4 BETA update completely eliminates the difficulty of facial recognition with a mask.

The iOS 15.4 update will allow the iPhone to recognize you while wearing a mask from the eyes and around. On top of that, iPhone will be able to recognize it not only with a face mask but also with glasses. The steps to follow when the update, which does not reach all users, for now, arrives on your phone are as follows;

First, update your phone to version 15.4

Next;

Settings >>>> Face ID & Password >>>> Use Face ID with Mask button

When you reach the Use Face ID with Mask option, the device will ask you to introduce your face first with a mask and then without a mask. At this stage, if you have a prescription or non-tinted pair of glasses, you can add them as well.

After completing these steps, your phone now recognizes your mask. The iOS update is not limited to just mask editing. With 15.4, 37 new emojis are added to our phones. These include different skin options and different expressions.

Another feature that comes is Universal Control. This feature gives us the ability to control different iMAC or iPad devices side by side with a single keyboard and mouse.
If you ask which phones the iOS 15.4 updates will come, the list is as follows;

iPhone 13, mini, Pro ve Pro Max models
iPhone 12, Mini, Pro, Pro Max
iPhone 11, Pro,  Pro Max
iPhone XS, XS Max
iPhone X, XR
iPhone 8,  Plus
iPhone 7,  Plus
iPhone 6S, Plus
iPhone SE (first and second generation)
iPod Touch (seventh generation)

We think that the 15.4 update, which is currently only in the BETA version and tested with a certain group, will come to the above devices shortly after you read this content.
For a company that attaches great importance to user experience, we can say that nice features await us with 15.4, although it is a late update.

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Gülizar Harman