

Unlocking your phone with a fingerprint is nearly a thing of the past. SEE: All of TechRepublic’s cheat sheets and smart person’s guides Image: Apple/Screenshot by CNET What is Face ID? Must-read Apple coverage How do I use Face ID? Enrolling in Face ID is similar to setting up Touch ID you scan your face and move it to slightly different angles to get a total map the phone can recognize.When was Face ID released? Face ID launched with the iPhone X on November 3, 2017, and is now available on most Apple mobile devices created after that date.Tech professionals will need to be ready to address questions and issues that users, developers and CIOs (chief information officers) may have about Face ID. Who does Face ID affect? Face ID affects anyone who plans to use an iPhone X or newer Apple device.Why does Face ID matter? Face ID has the potential to make devices more secure and to create an all new norm for interacting with technology.Instead of using a fingerprint, as with Touch ID, Face ID uses the owner’s face captured using the front-facing camera on iPhone X and newer devices. What is Face ID? Face ID is Apple’s newest form of biometric security.This article is also available as a download, Apple’s Face ID: Cheat sheet (free PDF). This Face ID guide will be updated periodically. TechRepublic’s Face ID cheat sheet is an introduction to Apple’s new form of biometric security. Fans of Touch ID and privacy advocates have been critical of Face ID, but like it or not, it’s now part of Apple’s ecosystem.

The fingerprint scanner on most post-iPhone X Apple products is gone, and in its place is a new camera array capable of capturing a face map that is, according to Apple, 20 times less likely to be hacked than a Touch ID fingerprint.įace ID could bring us into a whole new age of biometric technology, but it isn’t without its critics. Apple made a big change when it released the iPhone X: It ditched Touch ID fingerprint security for a new face-based biometric sign-on tool called Face ID.
