It’s sunny out, so you may be wearing your sunglasses. You’re probably wondering why your iPhone won’t unlock if you wear sunglasses.
To ensure a higher level of security, Face ID is programmed to only unlock your iPhone when you’re looking at it. When you’re looking at the screen, it unlocks, typically within a second. You can change your settings so that your phone unlocks even if you can’t see the screen yet.
Accordingly, small changes to the Face ID settings on your iPhone can help you avoid having trouble identifying yourself even when you’re wearing sunglasses. Use this step-by-step guide. It’ll take you a few minutes.
How to Make Face ID Work with Sunglasses?
Apple has a simple setting that makes it easier for Face ID to recognize your face wearing your favorite sunglasses. This feature can be found in the facial recognition settings on the iPhone X, iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max, iPhone 12, and 13 (including all optional models).
So, if you’re having trouble getting Face ID to work when wearing sunglasses, follow these steps:
- First, go to Settings and scroll down to Face ID & Passcode.
- Second, press it and enter your passcode.
- Then, scroll down to the toggle that says require attention for Face ID and switch it off.
- Tap OK and you should be all set!
Now you can use Face ID with sunglasses because there’s a setting in Face ID to turn this requirement off. When it is turned off, the system will speed up since it now doesn’t have to check for these things.
Disabling Attention Causes Problems with Face ID
The iPhone X and newer models come with an option to use the True Depth camera system to unlock the phone. This camera will scan your eyeballs and verify that you are looking at the right phone in order to unlock it. Dark sunglasses may block this system.
The TrueDepth camera is used to unlock your iPhone with Face ID, to make Animoji and Memoji, and for Portrait mode selfies. It’s made up of several components, including the dot projector, flood illuminator, and infrared camera. The dot projector projects over 30,000 invisible dots onto your face to map its shape. The flood illuminator shines an infrared light that helps the camera identify your face even in the dark. And the infrared camera captures an image of your face.
Accordingly, Face ID detects whether you’re looking at the screen. It detects your eyes, nose, and mouth to see if you are looking at the device. If attention detection is turned off, Face ID will work even when your eyes are closed.
The iPhone can be disabled for Face ID by pressing a side button and either of the volume buttons for a couple of seconds.
Conclusion
Overall, using Face ID with sunglasses is a pretty seamless experience. There are a few things to keep in mind, like making sure your sunglasses are clean and unobstructed, But otherwise, you should be fine if you use our step-by-step guide. So, next time you’re headed out into the sun, don’t worry about leaving your Face ID-enabled iPhone at home — just grab your shades and go.
