How to use face id while wearing a mask​

Take note of a couple of other related options in Settings. You can enable a switch to REQUIRE ATTENTION FOR FACE ID, which ensures that you are looking at the phone before it will

authenticate you. That way a mischievous kid cannot unlock your phone while you sleep. But your full attention is always required if you are wearing a mask. Besides unlocking your phone,

Face ID on an iPhone can be used to complete purchases in stores or online using Apple Pay or auto-filling passwords on apps and in the Safari browser. You will need to enter your passcode

the first time you unlock a phone after it has been powered off. Android smartphone manufacturer Samsung says facial identification is less secure than other ways to unlock your device but

acknowledges it’s convenient. Most Android phones want to see your entire face to use the feature. AARP ANDROID HACKS NOT RELIABLE Android phones vary widely, and not all of them will let

you unlock the device with facial recognition. Nor do Androids have an equivalent to the iPhone feature that lets you unlock a handset with your face while wearing a mask. The workarounds

you may come across on the internet won’t necessarily work. If you want to employ facial recognition — without a mask — to unlock, say, a premium Samsung Galaxy phone, scroll down in 

SETTINGS to BIOMETRICS AND SECURITY. From there, tap FACE RECOGNITION and you will be prompted to enter a passcode, pattern or whatever method you currently use to unlock the device, and

that you will continue to use if facial recognition fails. As you proceed, you have the option to read Samsung disclaimers about facial recognition, including that the company considers it

less secure than other lock types “because there is some possibility that someone who looks like you or who uses an image of your face could unlock your phone.” Tap CONTINUE to proceed and

keep your face inside the circle that appears on the screen while it is being registered. A check mark will appear when you are done. On the next screen you have the option to STAY ON LOCK

SCREEN UNTIL SWIPE, which means you will have to swipe before getting past that lock screen, even if you are recognized. Next, tap DONE. Afterward, you can tap ADD ALTERNATIVE APPEARANCE TO

ENHANCE RECOGNITION and attempt to don a mask and have it recognized. It did not work for me. On the Galaxy, you can also tap a FASTER RECOGNITION switch in Settings, but Samsung cautions

that while speedier it is less secure, and a video or photograph someone puts in front of the camera could be recognized as your face. Finally, for added security, you can enable a REQUIRE

OPEN EYES setting to make it even more certain that it is you and not someone else trying to get past a lock screen.