Face ID with glasses

If you are a glasses wearer, should you setup up face id with or with or without glasses?

Posted on Nov 1, 2017 1:43 PM

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Posted on Dec 13, 2017 7:20 AM

Yes. Face ID will recognize you if you set it up not wearing glasses, and are now wearing glasses, and vice versa.


About Face ID advanced technology - Apple Support

Face ID automatically adapts to changes in your appearance, such as wearing cosmetic makeup or growing facial hair. If there is a more significant change in your appearance, like shaving a full beard, Face ID confirms your identity by using your passcode before it updates your face data. Face ID is designed to work with hats, scarves, glasses, contact lenses, and many sunglasses. Furthermore, it's designed to work indoors, outdoors, and even in total darkness.


iPhone X - Face ID - Apple

Face ID uses advanced machine learning to recognize changes in your appearance. Wear a hat. Grow a beard. Put on glasses. You can even use Face ID with many types of sunglasses. So even if your friends don’t recognize you, Face ID will.

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Feb 9, 2018 7:44 PM in response to pauldselby

Like rbrylawski, I have an iPhone X, and I wear glasses. I've set up my device with my glasses on, but it doesn't matter whether I have them on or not, Face ID has always worked.


I also agree with his statement about your glasses. You say you have progressive lenses. I do as well, since I need the correction for closeup, mid-range, and distance, while my distance is the least correction. I've never had to remove my glasses to get Face ID to work, nor to be able to see anything either. As rbrylawski said, that is the whole purpose of progressive. I would take the time as well to remove your current Face ID and set it back up again.

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