Apple introduced Face ID with the iPhone X, a new way to secure the phone. You have questions and we'll have the answers in this FAQ. By Macworld staff. DEC 24, 2017 4:03 pm PST.

Phil Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing at Apple Inc., speaks about the iPhone X and the new FaceID feature on September 12, 2017.

How Face ID works. The iPhone X’s “notch” – the dark strip at the top of the display – actually houses a variety of sensors, including the new True Depth camera system.

Meanwhile, Face ID requires you to pick up your iPhone X or at least lean all the way over before it will unlock the device… unless you know about a little trick.

LOS ANGELES — Face ID is awesome, quick and easy. But it’s not as seamless as Apple promises. Initial reviews are in for the new Apple iPhone X, the first of its kind to offer facial ID unlock ...

Face ID is one of the two signature features of the iPhone X, with the other one being the all-screen design. The device’s new facial recognition feature is powered by a miniaturized Kinect ...

The iPhone X uses Face ID to verify a user's identity. An attendee uses the Face ID function on the new iPhone X during a presentation for the media in Beijing, China, October 31, 2017.

Not only does Face ID control access to the iPhone X, but it takes over from Touch ID for authentication in third-party apps and Apple Pay. But the new technology is not without its teething troubles.

Apple this week unveiled its new iPhone X as part of the smartphone’s 10th birthday, and with it comes a host of security concerns. One of the major features of the iPhone X (X for the roman ...

Joanna Stern; iPhone X Review: How We Tested (and Tricked) FaceID Apple’s FaceID works as billed and is easy to get used to—but it tripped up on identical triplets and a Groucho mustache ...

At $999, the iPhone X is the most expensive phone the company has ever launched, but demand is already far outstripping supply, according to analysts. Apple shares rose as much as 1.4 percent to a ...

The number one new feature on the iPhone X is its facial recognition system. WSJ's Joanna Stern put it to the test with masks, costumes and identical triplets. Photo: Drew Evans/The Wall Street ...