Apple Finally Allows Face ID With Masks in iOS 15.4 Beta - ExtremeTech

Back in 2017 when Apple launched the all-new iPhone X, it was heralded as a brave step forward for the company. It was the first of a new generation of devices that ditched the home button in favor of Face ID, letting people unlock their phones with a glance. Apple had done its homework. Despite peoples' reservations about the replacing a reliable button with something new and unknown, people agreed the new technology was faster, easier, and it "just worked." Then the pandemic arrived in 2020, and suddenly a lot of people, your humble author included, wished we could go back to having a home button, or some sort of in-display fingerprint sensor, since Face ID wasn't designed to be compatible with a face mask.