Apple’s iPhones are the last premium smartphones that don’t support a method of biometric authentication with a face mask on, but the good news is that the company has something on the way.
As I noted in my review of the iPhone 12 Pro Max this year, Apple is the last smartphone OEM to offer a device that doesn’t have a method of biometric authentication with a mask on. Indeed, while Google went all-in with facial recognition last year, it brought back the fingerprint sensor this year. Apple did not, despite regular mask mandates all around the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
