Face ID issue warning on my iPhone after iOS 26 update, even though it still works

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100% same. With glasses (I almost always wear glasses and never had Face ID problems prior to iOS 26) Face ID doesn’t work. Take them off and it works fine. Even more frustratingly I couldn’t reset Face ID cause stolen phone protection was on. In order to reset Face ID that has to be turned off. But to turn stolen phone protection off? Yep. Face ID is required.

guo-luen wrote:

Need FaceID to turn off stolen device protection or reset FaceID…and FaceID won’t work…it’s the most silly thing

Yes, it is really silly to protect your personal data when your iPhone is stolen. I get it. If you could turn off SDP without biometric identification it really couldn’t protect anything, because the thief could use the same way that you could disable it. Here is the solution→How to remove Stolen Device Protection af… - Apple Community

Knightrider19 wrote:

Even after force restart or re-setting all settings, when I am trying to setup new Face ID or resetting it, it is showing Face ID not available.

I also tried after removing glass protector but issue still persist.

Does this problem solves after any patch update or it will remain forever.

It is a hardware problem, there is no software fix→If Face ID is disabled on your iPhone or iPad Pro - Apple Support

How many electricians does it take to change a lightbulb?

Don’t worry, the software guys can fix it.

It’s always worked with my glasses. Even if they’re partially tinted. This is a bug. I’ve seen people commenting on this everywhere. FaceID has slowed down on OS26 (for me it’s both my iPhone and iPad)

You will have to contact the official Apple Support about that, only they can solve this issue:

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Happened to me. Been on iOS 26 for a while with no issues. All of a sudden today it stopped working. Issue was with my glasses. Once I took them off it worked.

You cannot downgrade, and the problem was not caused by the update. Here is some guidance from Apple→If Face ID is disabled on your iPhone or iPad Pro - Apple Support

Acir_matito wrote:

Why no worth it my face id is disabled, what i can do this

Here is some guidance from Apple→If Face ID is disabled on your iPhone or iPad Pro - Apple Support

Same for me, FaceID just stopped working. The camera works fine both back and front. I reset FACEIS with new scans, but nothing works. Can't believe that this was missed in Apple QA before the release, this is a major bug

My Face ID stopped recognizing my face suddenly. I updated to iOS 26 yesterday. I’ve gone through troubleshooting and nothing has worked.

Camera works fine and nothing blocking sensor. It let me stop stolen phone protection to make a new Face ID scan but now it requires Face ID to turn off so I came reset that again. Not sure how it let me do that the first time.

djudice wrote:

I am having the same Face ID issue after IOS26 upgrade. I performed a Face ID reset and got it working for a while then it stopped again. This has to be a broader issue that Apple needs to address. I’ll try resetting again but I am expecting the same results.

If it was a broader issue you would see thousands of posts about it. It is a problem with your iPhone, not 100 million iPhones.

Same here, iPhone 17 with iOS 26.0

stopped working today (although worked till tomorrow). Can’t reset FaceID, frustrated 😑

I am using Mounjaro for weight control, I don’t believe it’s the reason.

Why Apple would not just ask for Apple ID sign in to remove registered Face ID? Need failed FaceID to reset FaceID is really a silly thing 🥵

guo-luen wrote:

Same here, iPhone 17 with iOS 26.0

stopped working today (although worked till tomorrow). Can’t reset FaceID, frustrated 😑

I am using Mounjaro for weight control, I don’t believe it’s the reason.

Why Apple would not just ask for Apple ID sign in to remove registered Face ID? Need failed FaceID to reset FaceID is really a silly thing 🥵

Settings, faceid & Passcode, is stolen device protection on?

Since iOS26, Faceid sometimes works (most of the time), sometimes though when I swipe up, I just get a overlay and nothing more.

After around 5-6 seconds, the keyboard appears for me to add my password, since it probably didn’t recognize my face.

But the lack of feedback, and having only this weird transparent overlay is off putting.