How to unlock iPhone with Apple Watch keeping your face mask on
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Next in line is, you guessed it, the iOS 14.5 update which is already being pushed to developers in a beta form, and this one will be much richer in terms of functions added to your iPhone. Chief among those is perhaps the tighter integration with Apple Watch, whose next watchOS 7.4 beta was also released to devs.
How to use the Apple Watch iPhone Unlock feature in the iOS 14.5 and watchOS 7.4 updates
- Go to Settings>Face ID&Passcode.
- Switch on the toggle.
- Wear your Apple Watch with watchOS 7.4 and wrist detection on.
- Have your Apple Watch unlocked and with passcode enabled.
- Let Face ID recognize you are wearing a mask.
- The Apple Watch will vibrate, notifying you that it has authenticated an iPhone unlock.
- Keep your mask on.
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The Apple Watch Unlock feature would only work for unlocking, too, not authorizing Apple Pay purchases, credit card information in Safari, or any such sensitive matters. Hey, it's like the Unlock Apple Watch when you unlock your iPhone feature, but in reverse, more like the Unlock your Mac with the Apple Watch... but with a mask on.