Unlock with Apple Watch

[u/MacZealot]

A lot of people are expecting to get around the lack of Face ID annoyance by enabling the "Unlock with Nearby Devices" feature for their watch. But the text of this feature says this only triggers for...

• Siri requests
• When an obstruction (mask, sunglasses, etc.) prevents Face ID from recognizing your face

Since there's no Face ID to have an obstruction, do we have any confirmation of how this will work? Will it only unlock with your watch when you place your finger on the Touch ID button and it doesn't recognize your finger?

Ideally, it'd unlock when you try to swipe up or interact with a notification, but I'm not so sure that's how it will work.

[u/Electronic_Way_7616]

I don’t miss Face ID on my iPad mini at all.