Missing audible tone after your device has been successfully unlocked with Face ID

Category
Miscellaneous
Severity
Minor

Description

In iOS versions prior to iOS 13.0, there would be an audible tone played when your device had been successfully unlocked using Face ID. This confirmation had specific value for those who could not see the visual changes that appear on the device. As of iOS 13.0, this tone is no longer present.

Bug First Encountered

iOS 13.0

Device(s) bug has been encountered on

iPhone

How often the bug occurs

Always

Status

Active

Options

Comments

By Ricardo Brandão on Saturday, October 1, 2022 - 15:19

I am using the latest stable version of iOS 15 and have never had this problem. It only happens if I unlock the iPhone very quickly by facial authentication...

By Jo Billard on Saturday, October 1, 2022 - 15:19

Was it something else at one time? I've only been using face ID since April. I'm noticing that often I don't hear it, so it's a good thing I have haptics turned on. It would be nice to have some consistency.

By Holger Fiallo on Saturday, October 1, 2022 - 15:19

Never had that happen to me. Face ID made a sound when opening phone but that was only several time and them nothing.

By Bob Cavanaugh on Tuesday, December 17, 2024 - 15:19

I honestly don't think this is an accurate description of this bug. It's true that the iPhone XR, the only model available with face ID at the time, made an additional sound when unlocked, but that disappeared rather quickly, leaving only the sound we still hear, which dates back to when touch ID was the only option. As others have pointed out here though, that sound isn't consistent, and never has been.

By TheBlindGuy07 on Tuesday, December 17, 2024 - 15:19

I don't even which sound it's talking about haha except the standard one with faceid which I had on my xs and now on my 14 with ios 18.2, the sound similar but not exactly the one of when we take a photo?