How to turn on fingerprint in iPhoneX as FaceID doesn’t work with Mask

How to turn on fingerprint in iPhoneX? These days wearing face mask, had to enter PIN all the time when go outside. Please help if there’s a way to enable or please introduce as we may have to live with masks for longer.

iPhone XR

Posted on May 18, 2020 11:40 PM

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Posted on May 30, 2020 12:40 PM

There is no fingerprint scanner on any device that supports FaceID. Just as there is no FaceID on any device that supports touchID.


On a device with FaceID, you use your passcode when you cannot use FaceID - there is no alternatives.

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May 30, 2020 12:28 PM in response to VenkatReddyM

iOS 13.5 speeds up access to the passcode field on devices with Face ID when you are wearing a face mask and introduces the Exposure Notification API to support COVID-19 contact tracing apps from public health authorities. This update also introduces an option to control automatic prominence of video tiles on Group FaceTime calls and includes bug fixes and other improvements.

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