Now that government health guidelines recommend or mandate the wearing of masks in public, you may be wondering how to unlock your iPhone while wearing a face mask iPhone Face ID may be difficult to work with a mask, but but it is not impossible

The reason it is difficult for the iPhone to recognize a face with a mask is because Face ID creates a depth map of over 30,000 invisible dots on the face; Face ID accurately recognizes areas covered by the mask to match features like the nose and mouth

For this reason, many people turn off facial recognition software and rely on passcodes instead However, there are ways to trick Face ID into working even when wearing a mask Just be aware that you are sacrificing security by doing this Apple warns against this type of hacking In a recent statement, the company said, "Face ID is designed to work with eyes, nose, and mouth visible"

Options for quickly and easily unlocking the iPhone while wearing a face mask include

Others have successfully added another look to Face ID This idea began to gain traction with a tutorial by Tencent Their method is to cover the lower half of the face during the Face ID registration process

I tried this method using an iPhone 11 Pro at It worked! I was able to unlock my iPhone with the face mask on Let me show you how to do it

If adding another appearance doesn't work, you can also try re-enrolling completely in Face ID using this method

You can also completely bypass Face ID just to unlock your iPhone Here's how:

Another way is to minimize the time lag when the iPhone is trying (and failing) to recognize your face You can do that by moving more quickly to the screen where you enter your passcode in the beta version of iOS 135, Apple has made that process faster if Face ID detects that you are wearing a mask You can also make it faster yourself

If you are concerned about making your iPhone less secure using one of these options, there are other things you can do to make your device easier to use while wearing a face mask

This is not an iPhone unlock hack It is a way to read important texts and notifications without unlocking

Again, think carefully about the security of your iPhone before using these methods