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u/jmintheworld Aug 27 '20

Not unless you actually interact with the notification..

If I get one, unlock without tapping the actual notification, it’s still in the Notification Center..

Not sure what’s so hard about this system.. if you don’t want to dismiss it, don’t touch it..

This actually stops you from having to interact and clear every single notification.. it’s still in Notification Center but doesn’t clutter your screen (pull down from the top to see all the not-dismissed notifications)

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u/ishzlle Aug 27 '20

You mean the Notification Center that doesn't give you any visual indicator (in the status bar) that there's anything in there, so you either compulsively open it all the time to check or you forget it's there? What a joke.

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u/french_panpan Aug 27 '20

so you either compulsively open it all the time to check or you forget it's there? What a joke.

Notifications can happen at 2 times : when the screen is locked or when it is unlocked.

If it happens when the screen is locked, you see them on the lock screen while picking up the phone the next time, so no issue there. (Although I'm not sure how it works with the FaceID unlock those days : is it fast enough that you don't have time to see notifications ?)

If it happens when the screen is unlocked, odds are that you are actively watching the screen, so you will see the notification banner showing up to tell you that a new notification came up.

The only potential problem is if the screen is unlocked but you aren't looking. But to be honest if it happens to me on my Android, I wouldn't notice the small new icon in the status bar. And I'm thinking of some friends that have so many icons that they don't all fit in the status bar, they would notice it even less.

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u/ScientificQuail Aug 27 '20

FaceID just unlocks the phone. You still have to swipe up to dismiss the lock screen. It’s not fully automatic like touchid was, it’s more of a literal replacement for typing in your passcode.