Jokes are jokes, and the query "how to unlock the guy's guy" for several years is kept in the top search engines. Therefore, a change in the authentication method inevitably raises a new question: "Can I unlock the iPhone X while you sleep".

The answer is no!.

We repeatedly wrote about this in our articles. This was even mentioned at the presentation. But the topic constantly pops up in the comments. Okay, that's what Apple tells us..

For added security, Face ID unlocks the iPhone X only when your eyes are open and you look at the device. - Apple So, to make Face ID work, you need to meet two conditions. Simultaneously.

Open eyes.

View on iPhone.

Of course, the device itself must be "awakened". It is not necessary to keep the smartphone in line with the eyes, but that the sensors should read the data, you need to look at the optimal angle. While there is no information about the limits of the survey of sensors.

I have never met anyone who can quietly raise his eyelids. And still it is necessary to catch the moment when the pupils are not rolled up or the eyes do not move in different directions, as it happens in the fast phase.

For paranoid and those who are afraid that it will make you look at the iPhone: unlocking the phone through Face ID can be disabled. The only option is to enter a password. Here it is, unprecedented confidentiality. Though probably, such people and Touch ID did not use.