Set up your passcode

You can use the Face ID lock feature on your iPhone for the ultimate security of your social media platforms like Whatsapp and Telegram. Here in this article, we explicitly explain how to lock Whatsapp and Telegram with Face ID quickly and easily.

Face Recognition, launched in 2017 with iPhone X, is generally acknowledged as the universal specification for facial unlocking. Particularly, Facial Recognition often evolves to improvements in your face such that although you have gained a beard or added over a beauty make-up, unlocking your iPhone is snappy.

How to Lock WhatsApp, Telegram with Face ID on iPhone

Please remember, that you’ll be required to validate your identification by using your security code if you encounter any problem with your Face ID. You will keep responding to calls and sometimes even react to notifications from alerts even though you have closed WhatsApp, Telegram, with Facial Recognition.

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WhatsApp Lock/Unlock Via iPhone with Facial Recognition:

  • Through your iPhone, open WhatsApp.
  • Now, press the Settings button at the base of the display’s right-hand corner.
  • Then, press the Account button.

Whatsapp Privacy

  • Then, press the Privacy button.

Click on privacy button

  • Then, press the Screen Lock button.

Click on screen lock button

  • Then, click on the toggle adjacent to the Require Facial Recognition button. Thereafter, for 1 min or 15 mins or 1 hour, you can opt to encrypt WhatsApp instantly when you exit the application.

Require Face ID

I would suggest you start with the “Instantly” alternative for greater benefits. In the future, using Facial Recognition, you would be able to open the chat app. Remember that even though the app is closed, you will also be capable of responding to alert notifications and reply callings.

Telegram Lock/Unlock via iPhone with Facial Recognition: Steps.

  • Install the iPhone’s Telegram application

Click on settings in Telegram

  • Then, press the Configuration button at the base of the display’s right-hand corner.
  • Click Privacy and Security then.

Click on privacy & security

  • Then, press the Face & Passcode Identification button.

Click on Passcode and Face ID

Note: If you want to set up Face ID for Telegram, you have to set up a passcode for Telegram then you will be able to set up Face ID.

Unlock with Face ID

  • And then up, switching the Facial Recognition Unlock switch on.

Set up your passcode

Frequently Asked Questions:

 

How can one trigger WhatsApp’s Facial Recognition?

Fortunately, WhatsApp permits one to use a passcode or FaceID to secure the app. In February, WhatsApp allowed this configuration for iOS, and supposedly it carried out just fingerprints for Android phones.

 

Why did Google withdraw face unlock?

When the latest devices and apps are some hint, it appears that Google expects a world through unlocking the face of operating systems. That both the latest Pixel 3 and 3 XL don’t even have face unlocking installed in, and the “trusted face” function has been withdrawn from Software.

 

How do I enable the Face ID?

In Settings, go to Lock Screen & Passcode, and then from there, you need to find the Face Recognition option. From there you can enable it easily.

 

Conclusion:

That’s how WhatsApp and Telegram can be locked on the iOS device employing Facial Recognition. Because it is always best to provide an added protection to prevent unauthorized access, to maintain your confidential info. So this was our step-by-step guide to help you add Facial Recognition to messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram.

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