Why didn't Apple consider to unlock phones using a smartwatch instead?
That might have been a compelling reason to actually buy one.
That might have been a compelling reason to actually buy one.
I have found many compelling reasons to buy the watch even though it can't unlock my phone. It can unlock my computer, but it's not much of a revelation, it's not that hard to type in my password quickly on a physical keyboard.
You could further make it so that the phone would lock if unlocked by the watch, and it was removed from the immediate vicinity of the watch or the watch was removed from your wrist.
Now where is it going to be easier to enter a good, secure, password? A six inch phone? Or on a tiny watch screen?
It would be nice if my watch could unlock my phone I guess. But I have a hard time seeing how it would be more secure than the reverse that’s currently true.
At least until we get “WristID” that uses the pattern of blood vessels under where my watch sits on my wrist.
Basically the workflow could be "type password into phone after putting on watch, to unlock, then things just work until you take off the watch".