Does Face ID Work With Sunglasses,

According to Fortune, the answer is yes — mostly. Thanks to an email sent from Keith Krimbel, a developer and product designer, a couple of questions regarding the use of Face ID have been cleared up. Krimbel sent an email to Craig Federighi, Apple's Senior Vice President of Software Engineering, asking if the Face ID function works with sunglasses. He also asked what might happen if a thief stole your phone and tried to unlock it by pointing at your face before running off with it. Let's start with the sunglasses query.

Since the facial recognition technology uses the TrueDepth camera system and reads your face by projecting a grid of 30,000 invisible light dots onto it, it makes sense to wonder how an impediment like sunglasses might get in the way. That really does sound amazing, and it's good news to hear that blocking out harmful UV rays and unlocking your iPhone X with Face ID doesn't have to be an either/or issue.

While the new Face ID technology is the future of the iPhone, its arrival led to the removal of the old Touch ID method (and home button) of unlocking your phone. So, if you were used to pressing the home button to unlock your phone, you'll have to get used to the new facial recognition technology.

The even better news, though, is that unlocking your phone isn't the only thing that you can use the facial recognition for. You can also use it to create Animojis, which are animated versions of some of your favorite emojis. The TrueDepth camera system reads your face, similar to when your unlock your phone, and then it records your facial movements, and integrates them into the emoji of your choosing. OK, so the last question that Krimbel posed to Federighi (regarding someone stealing your iPhone X) isn't fun to think about — but that's life, right,

Life can't always be unicorns and Animoji karaoke (unfortunately). I'll preface Federighi's answer by saying that I hope you don't ever find yourself in a situation where you need to utilize the following tips. But having said that, it is good to know this kind of practical knowledge, because then you will be prepared should it ever happen. Krimbel asked if a thief could hold your phone up to your face and unlock it before running off.

Aside from the tracking capabilities installed in the iPhone and IOS, i.e. Find My iPhone, you may want to take advantage of third party apps to help track a missing iPhone. Third party apps can be downloaded from App Store and Google Play. Besides using your laptop or desktop computer to track a lost iPhone, you can track it using Prey Anti Theft Android app. This app uses geo-location to track location, and front and rear camera to take pictures of whoever is using your iPhone. Of course you will need an Android device to do this.

If you own an Android device or a friend of yours does, why not help track each other in case your devices get misplaced, Prey Anti Theft is also available for iPhone and can as well track Android devices. Prey Anti Theft is available for free from App Store and Google Play. Find My Friends is a social app that is meant to locate friends and family for social purposes.

Find My Friends is a sneaky app I must add, but again if you find it socially acceptable to track each other for pleasure then an additional feature to track misplaced and stolen devices should be a bonus. Once installed in your IOS or Android device, you can add friends or get added in friends’ circles so as to locate each other for not only social activities but cell phone tracking as well.

Find My Friends is available for free from App Store and Google Play. If you think you have successfully tracked down a thief in possession of your iPhone, exercise wisdom when deciding to approach him or her. Avoid superman sentimentalities and seek the services of law enforcement officers to effect arrest. The Trust This Computer feature Was introduced with IOS 7. It will pop up every now and then whenever you connect your iPhone to a new computer. You can choose to Trust or Don’t Trust a computer depending on what you want to do with it.

The warning will pop up when you connect your iPhone without a passcode to a computer. It will also pop up when you punch in access passcode in an iPhone that is connected to a computer. The data in your iPhone will sync with that computer if iTunes is installed and running.