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  • Apple publishes white paper explaining usage and security of iPhone X Face ID

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    "Confirm intent to pay"?

    Currently, when paying with Apple Pay, I simply hold my iPhone near the payment terminal and my credit card is automatically displayed, I confirm my touching my finger to the Home button and that's it.

    With FaceID will I have to hold the iPhone near the payment terminal, then double-tap the side button, then authenticate with my face and then hold the iPhone to the reader again?  This seems like a slightly more cumbersome procedure.  I suppose I could double-tap the side button while pulling the iPhone from my pocket, authenticate and then hold to the reader, but will that work?

    Overall, it doesn't matter terribly as I usually use my Apple Watch for Apple Pay.  However, twice lately (at Big Y) my Apple Watch hasn't been successful and I've had to use my iPhone as a backup.

    Your understanding is incorrect.

    You double-tap the button and simultaneously look at your iPhone X .... FaceID does it's thing, and you're ready to tap the payment terminal.

    It's that easy -- essentially the same experience as using your watch, just with FaceID mixed in (which will be effectively unnoticeable).
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  • Bluetooth 5 on iPhone 8, iPhone X improves range and speed of BLE iBeacons, IoT sensors

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    eknight said:
    If you use the new Apple TV as a HomeKit Hub can you take advantage of the Bluetooth 5.0 to get better range for Bluetooth HomeKit accessories like locks and door sensors?
    Assuming the locks and door sensors also have Bluetooth 5.0, yes.
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  • W2 chip in Apple Watch Series 3 boosts wireless speeds while maintaining battery life

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    fallenjt said:
    Really? Who cares until the service providers can have better services like no throttle LTE speed on AW, dropping monthly service fee. 1 time activation fee is acceptable since it's a shared plan with the handset, but monthly service charge is bs.
    Agree 100% -- I'll pay for the one-time administrative overhead of adding a new device to my account, but what am I paying $10/month for thereafter?  That's not rhetorical --does anyone know?  

    I pay $dollars for a given data allocation / month.  Regardless of what I use to consume that data (iPhone, Apple Watch, tablet, etc.), I pay ... so what expense is the $10/month covering for AT&T, Verizon, etc.?
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  • Not all iOS 11 features coming on Tuesday, Apple Pay Cash coming later in the fall

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    ombra2105 said:
    So has Messages in the Cloud been dropped? I was looking forward to that immensely...
    Seriously! So little news about some pretty top-level features.  I'm still wondering where AirPlay 2 went.
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  • Face, the future: the new touch-less ID of iPhone X

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    wanabanana said:
    Wow, talk about a defensive, brown-nosed article. What will you write this time next year when Apple 'triumphantly' reintroduce TouchID under the screen? Can't wait to find out!
    I agree.  I can't help but think Apple really wanted (and still intends) to embed TouchID under the screen.  Just imagine the slide:

    TouchID == 1 in 50,000
    FaceID == 1 in 1,000,000
    TouchID + FaceID == 1 in 50,000,000,000

    "    Apple is the first company to bring consumer 2-Factor, Biometric Authentication"
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