Louie Mantia, Jr.Nov 6

When the Maps app has an active route for navigation and your phone is locked, it shows in place of the lock screen, which I do find handy, but unlike the lock screen which recognizes your face before you swipe up, it only recognizes it when you swipe up, which makes the unlock process longer every time.

Why? Been like this for years.

Show threadbrentt
@louie just speculating (and apologies if you’re not looking for that), but the face id sensor isn’t always on as far as I understand, so it needs a trigger event for activation. in regular phone usage, they can temporarily turn on the sensor any time they suspect you’re about to unlock. while using a map, though, esp for long periods of time, it’s unclear when a user might actually want to unlock the phone… unless there’s some sort of acceleration or tap suggesting handling the phone
Nov 6 at 5:20amWeb
Show threadLouie Mantia, Jr.Nov 6
@brentt I don’t understand what you’re saying. As soon as the screen turns on, then trigger the faceid sensor, exactly the same as a lock screen.
Show threadbrenttNov 6
@louie oh sorry, I was imagining a slightly different scenario. for what you described you have a good point and I don’t see any reason for the behavior (I was imagining a slightly different scenario - where the phone is locked and plugged into power - but still showing the map indefinitely)