{"id":416272,"date":"2021-09-29T15:43:58","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T13:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=416272"},"modified":"2021-09-29T15:45:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T13:45:38","slug":"apple-fixes-unlock-with-apple-watch-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/416272-apple-fixes-unlock-with-apple-watch-bug.html","title":{"rendered":"Apple fixes &#8220;Unlock with Apple Watch&#8221; bug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple released an update for the beta version of iOS on Tuesday that addresses the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/415908-apple-to-fix-unlock-with-apple-watch-on-iphone-13.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bug<\/a><\/strong> experienced with the \u201cUnlock with Apple Watch\u201d feature on iPhone 13, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2021\/09\/28\/ios-15-1-beta-2-fixes-unlock-with-apple-watch-bug-for-iphone-13-users\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to 9to5Mac<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Developers using the iPhone 13 on the latest iOS 15.1 beta noticed that they were once again able to unlock their device with the feature \u2014 provided that they were running the watchOS 8.1 beta on their Apple Watch.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cUnlock with Apple Watch\u201d feature is designed to allow iPhone users running iOS 14.5 or later to unlock their devices with Face ID when wearing a face mask or sunglasses.<\/p>\n<p>Several iPhone 13 users reported the issue on the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AppleWatch\/comments\/puglid\/unlock_with_apple_watch_not_working_unable_to\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">r\/AppleWatch Reddit page<\/a><\/strong>, saying their devices would no longer unlock with Face ID when wearing a mask, even though their Apple Watch was paired.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yay, Apple Watch unlock is working again! (At least in combination with watchOS 8.1 beta 1.) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nNbcJrkDND\">https:\/\/t.co\/nNbcJrkDND<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Holger Eilhard (@holgr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/holgr\/status\/1442906054359011329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Cupertino-based tech company acknowledged the issue in a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT212828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a><\/strong> on 26 September, indicating that it would be corrected in a future software update.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApple has identified an issue where Unlock with Apple Watch may not work with iPhone 13 devices,\u201d Apple said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou might see \u2018Unable to Communicate with Apple Watch\u2019 if you try to unlock your iPhone while wearing a face mask, or you might not be able to set up Unlock with Apple Watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The iOS 15.1 beta also reimplements SharePlay \u2014 which was removed from the official build of iOS 15.0 \u2014 and includes changes to the Apple Wallet and Health apps, adding support for Covid-19 vaccination cards.<\/p>\n<p>Apple is yet to announce when iOS 15.1 will be released to the public.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/416040-new-ipad-prices-for-south-africa-revealed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New iPad prices for South Africa revealed<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iPhone 13 users who want to unlock the smartphone with their Apple Watch will need to be running the latest beta versions of the operating systems powering both devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":416274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[72704,18170,47004,68600,67786,72768,8045],"class_list":["post-416272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-apple-iphone-13","tag-apple-watch","tag-face-id","tag-ios-14-5","tag-ios-15","tag-ios-15-1-beta","tag-reddit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416272"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}