Unlocked and on your wrist, and your iPhone is unlocked. Attempting to toggle it on results in an error message: However, many of those trying it today – including two of us here at 9to5Mac – are finding that the feature cannot be enabled. There is also the option to quickly “Lock iPhone” directly from that Apple Watch notification. When your iPhone unlocks, you’ll receive a haptic feedback notification on your Apple Watch telling you that your iPhone was unlocked by the Apple Watch.

Once you enable the feature, your iPhone will unlock automatically with your Apple Watch the next time you wear a face mask.

Your Apple Watch has a passcode enabled.

Once you flip this toggle, your Apple Watch will be able to authenticate your iPhone as long as the following conditions are met: To enable the Unlock with Apple Watch feature, open the Settings app on your iPhone, then look for the “Face ID & Passcode” setting. The feature was introduced back in April as a convenient workaround for unlocking your iPhone while wearing a face mask. The Unlock with Apple Watch feature is not working for some new iPhone 13 owners, displaying an error message when attempting to toggle it on …

Unlock with apple watch mac not working