Apple users have trouble with Face ID while wearing a mask

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In today’s tech and sciends bytes we ask the question at MarkMeets: Are you having trouble using face ID wearing a mask?

According to reports apple is working on a solution. Testing an upgrade for the iPhone thirteenth but it’s unclear if it would be ready by the time apple unveils a thirteen model expected in a few weeks.

The iPhone 13 will feature an upgraded Face ID facial recognition sensor that’s tuned to identify a match even when a mask or glasses are worn. He adds that Apple employees have specifically tested the feature while wearing masks and glasses.

According to what we’ve been told, the testing goes pretty in depth with several indoor / outdoor tests that include every style of eye glasses and mask.

Internally, Apple employees are being asked to wear masks AND glasses to test the new hardware. Some tests are conducted with masks on / masks off. Others are conducted with glasses on / glasses off while wearing a mask.

One possibility is that Apple is specifically re-training its neural network for Face ID to identify you based on which parts of your face are not exposed. Given the significance of Face ID as a biometric security alternative to a passcode, this effort could be an especially challenging effort. That could mean the iPhone 13 hardware could ship without mentioning this feature until it’s ready for prime time.

The COVID-19 pandemic has made mask wearing a globally welcomed practice, and Apple has previously designed features to alleviate Face ID’s inability to recognize a masked face. iPhone users who wear an Apple Watch can optionally bypass Face ID if the Apple Watch with a passcode detects its presence on your wrist. Not every iPhone user wears an Apple Watch, however, so redesigning how Face ID works for our new masked world would be a win for users around the world.

Gonna come out of retirement briefly to say that it’s not modified hardware and it’s the same as the one in the iPhone 13 series

Software updates can push this new feature to users of it’s not ready by launch here soon 🤙 https://t.co/k01gy69wFs
— McGuire Wood 🪐 (@Jioriku) August 25, 2021

We’re expecting Apple to unveil the iPhone 13 in just a few weeks alongside the shipping version of iOS 15. Will we see Face ID mentioned as a selling point of the new iPhone? This rumor might keep us waiting if not.
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