Thankfully, theres a way to change this, making it possible to unlock an iPhone without pressing down on the home button.

If you’ve got an iPhone or iPad with a Home button, you may have noticed that you have to press the button to unlock the device with Touch ID – and you might be wondering if something’s changed.

With iOS 10, you press down on the home button to unlock your iPhone instead of the tried-and-true slide-to-unlock gesture. Of course, holding down the Home button calls up Siri, so when I'm not ...

With iPhone 6s or iPhone 7, the iPhone will wake up the screen automatically thanks to Raise to Wake. In combination with Rest Finger to Open, this means you can unlock your device without ...

The iPhone 7's home button is definitely a whole new experience. For starters, it isn't even an actual button anymore; it's pressure sensitive and can gauge if you meant to force touch, tap, or ...

If your iPhone has a Home button with Touch ID, simply press it using the finger you registered during setup. The device will unlock instantly when it recognizes your fingerprint.

This iPhone tip will show you how to tweak a setting so you can unlock your iPhone without having to press the home button in iOS 10.

As it turns out, the new "solid-state" Home button on the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus requires skin contact or the right kind of capacitive gloves to function.

Here’s how to unlock your iPhone without pressing the home button on iOS 10. The new iOS 10 update kills off the iconic “Slide to Unlock” lock screen and forces you to push to unlock.