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acosmichippo t1_je9l2pa wrote

the only time faceid regularly doesn’t work for me is if i have my head buried in a pillow in bed. that is the only time i wish i still had touchid.

other than that it’s pretty seamless. there are occasional failures but it’s pretty rare. low light is not a problem at all.

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archangel12 t1_jeb14ov wrote

I have exactly the same problem! Other than the pillow situation, it is pretty much flawless.

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zeppovendetta OP t1_je9wc9y wrote

This is really what I was looking for. Could see me moving back to iPhone with the 15, it seems like a bit of a gamechanger which Android is lagging way behind on.

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UndertaleShorts t1_jea7o62 wrote

iPhone faceid doesn’t use camera, it uses rays to detect face shape so light doesn’t matter

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Captain_Alaska t1_jec9o9s wrote

It does actually matter, just in the opposite way. Since it uses IR it can get overwhelmed when there’s too much IR, which can happen in direct sunlight depending on the angle between the phone and sun.

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goroskob t1_jedjr6w wrote

Having glasses on doesn’t help too

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Eclipsetube t1_jedkgis wrote

Only sunglasses can be a problem

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goroskob t1_jedkslp wrote

Don’t know about sunglasses, but wearing regular glasses I constantly get troubles unlocking the phone with a direct sunlight on my face.

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Erakko t1_jee2aiy wrote

I have no problems with glasses and faceid. Both regular glasses and sun glasses work without any problems.

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BaseballRemote4603 t1_jeejukj wrote

Yeah same here. I just did the second scan to include the sunglasses and have zero issues with it

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Erakko t1_jeeqs4e wrote

Yeah my scan includes the glasses tol

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oozingdonut t1_jeamvdn wrote

It’s amazing, I came from a Galaxy s20+ and its a whole new world. Only times it tends to fail is if I’m backlit and sun shines in the lens (easily fixed by blocking the sun with my body or turning) or if I’m wearing sunglasses. It usually doesn’t have a problem with sunglasses, but sometimes it does. You can add a secondary look though, so I could just save one of me with sunglasses and take care of the issue, I’m just lazy and it doesn’t happen frequently enough for me to care lol

It even recognizes my face when it’s inside my motorcycle helmet AND (sometimes) wearing sunglasses. It’s great

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bsmithi t1_jeb1c42 wrote

fyi it projects infrared dots on you, that you can’t see, and it can see, even in perfect dark

so long as it can see a decent bit of your face and you look at it (or are wearing a paired watch) it will unlock or authenticate

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mrbee1551 t1_jea7h00 wrote

When I just wake up it sometimes doesn't recognize my face - this is true, and kinda funny.

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Rude_Marsupial_4181 t1_jedmm89 wrote

Try setting an alternate appearance when you wake up, really helps. FaceID recognises my face inside a motorcycle helmet too, so I’d say it’s pretty good

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mathgrg t1_jedmir8 wrote

I have noticed that too. But, I thought it is because my eyes are not open as much as the iPhone likes. It works after I force my eyes to open wide 😅

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Complex71920 t1_jebunnr wrote

Curious, do you wear prescription glasses or contacts?

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mrbee1551 t1_jee2iob wrote

I wear glasses

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Complex71920 t1_jef4m97 wrote

So this has been true for everyone that I’ve asked to try but next morning, try and focus on how close you’re holding your phone when Face ID doesn’t work. Because it’s most likely that it’s just too close to your face (because you wear glasses and prob check your phone before putting them on) Otherwise there should be no reason your phone “doesn’t recognize” you in the morning. Your eyes being a bit puff or whatever doesn’t impact it.

I don’t believe it’s that Face ID doesn’t recognize you in the morning, it’s that you’re holding your phone way too close and thus it won’t work.

(I don’t mean to come off rude or condescending btw just genuinely trying to help 🙂)

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Literary_Lava t1_jee39hs wrote

Faceid uses infrared, so forget low light, it can unlock even in pitch black darkness.

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meppph t1_jee5w3a wrote

In my case its the pillow and when your mouth is stuffed with food or while you are chewing, wont work 100% of the times

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Simon-RedditAccount t1_je9t68m wrote

Yeah, you have to rise your head every time.

Btw covering the same percent of your face horizontally doesn’t cause any problems.

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