IOS 16 will eventually allow certain models of iPhones to be unlocked to the home screen through face ID when they are placed horizontally. On the function page of IOS 16, apple said that some iPhone models will support the function of unlocking face ID horizontally.
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Since 2017 iphone Since x launched face ID, it has always required users to hold the iPhone upright in the vertical direction.
This is very annoying in some cases, such as when people are lying in bed. But interestingly, ipad The face ID of supports horizontal unlocking from the beginning; The iPhone has always been a strange anomaly.
Unfortunately, Apple It is true that the horizontal face ID has been added to the iPhone in IOS 16, but it is not compatible with all iPhone models that can run IOS 16 (IOS 16 itself supports iPhone 8 and above). At present, the list of supported iPhone models has not been published.
Device specific face ID functionality is not uncommon. For example, the recently added mask unlocking function requires iPhone 12 or iPhone 13. We have to wait for the beta release before we know which iPhones can be unlocked horizontally.
