What triggers the reboot?<\/p>\n
The problem does not appear to happen every time Face ID fails.<\/p>\n
Reports indicate it can occur when users try to authenticate inside protected apps, not just when unlocking the iPhone from its lock screen.<\/p>\n
That could include Apple\u2019s Passwords app, private Safari tabs and other apps that users have configured to require Face ID.<\/p>\n
In testing by 9to5Mac, covering the face to deliberately cause authentication to fail, then attempting Face ID again, caused an affected phone to become unresponsive and restart.<\/p>\n
Diagnostic information on the device subsequently showed a system panic log.<\/p>\n
Users should not deliberately attempt to reproduce the crash on their own phones.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s different about Face ID on iPhone 18 Pro?<\/p>\n
Apple redesigned the Face ID system on the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max.<\/p>\n
The system’s infrared camera has moved beneath the display near the clock in the status bar, helping Apple reduce the visible size of the Dynamic Island.<\/p>\n
There is currently no evidence establishing that the hardware redesign itself caused the reboot problem.<\/p>\n
Apple\u2019s confirmation of an upcoming software update indicates the company can address the reported issue through iOS.<\/p>\n
Not every iPhone 18 Pro owner is experiencing the bug, and its overall prevalence remains unclear.<\/p>\n
For affected owners, the important development is that a fix is now expected shortly rather than requiring a hardware change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What triggers the reboot? The problem does not appear to happen every time Face ID fails. Reports indicate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":903949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[64,63,203,105],"class_list":["post-903948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=903948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/903949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}