Apple’s HomeView Tries Face Authentication Without FaceID
WIRED · 12 Nov 2026

Apple’s HomeView Tries Face Authentication Without FaceID

This is a key departure for Apple. On the one hand, the company has still been very careful to think about security and privacy comprehensively. Not only does HomeView check for your face and voice before accessing your data from iCloud, it is also designed like an Apple Watch to check that your iPhone or iPad is on the same Wi-Fi network as the HomeView and has been recently unlocked (with FaceID or a PIN).


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