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iPhone X Face ID Not Working for Family Purchases, Users Report

HIGHLIGHTS Users are complaining about Face ID not working with Ask to BuyFacial resemblance with children might be the reasonNo mention of Face ID on Ask to Buy's' support page iPhone X  users have discovered that family purchases cannot be authenticated via Face ID, according to a post on Apple's iPhone forum. The iPhone X is the first smartphone from  Apple  to sport the new  Face ID facial recognition technology, and also the first one in a long time to not have Touch ID. The forum post mentions that every family purchase request prompts the user to type in their Apple ID and password. As we mentioned, family purchase approval requests  do not seem to work  with Face ID on the new iPhone X. Family Sharing is a feature offered for Apple devices users that wish them to be connected for purchasing subscriptions and apps. Ask to Buy, another one of Apple's features, lets children in the family choose to purchase apps, albeit with the approval of a 'fami...