I have the Animoji/Face thing on iPad Air 4

For some reason I have the Animoji feature on my iPad Air 4. however it does not support Face ID, is apple lying to us?

iPad Air, iPadOS 15

Posted on Jan 8, 2022 11:44 PM

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Posted on Jan 9, 2022 2:19 AM

Hi there,

The iPad air 4 does not have the IR sensors necessary for face id. Apple would not put them there for them not to be used. The feature to use animoji on other devices without the truedepth camera was added in ios 15.

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I have the Animoji/Face thing on iPad Air 4

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