Calling all Apple Experts....

It never worked reliably for me - more trouble than it was worth. Just about any manufacturer who's tried it, including Microsoft (using specialised hardware rather than re-purposing an existing screen), has ultimately dumped it because of reliability problems. I actually have the Microsoft hardware/software but but it simply isn't ready for prime time.

(I tried it on one iPad and it was a very hit and miss affair. I turned it off but the sting in the tail was that it left an error message on that machine that comes up every time I log on, that the touch ID isn't working. No way can I get rid of that message - apparently nor can a lot of other people).

Pity really because fingerprint recognition would seem the ideal (and ultimate) solution to the password problem. I certainly think it's well worth the various manufacturers pursuing but it would need to be an order of magnitude more reliable.

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I don’t know if this is any help, but mine has been ultra-reliable ... only failing to read if my hand is damp.

I defined my ‘fingerprint’ as the upper-left portion of my right thumb [which is, for me, the natural contact patch when I handle the device in ‘landscape’ orientation]

MichaelG.

iPad Pro 9.7”

Perhaps you have "gentle" fingers/thumbs. Mine certainly aren't.

It's a while since I tried but if your ipad is sleeping (i.e. not turned off, but screen dark). You press the home button to bring the screen up - can you use fingerprint login at that point or do you need to press the home button again to get to the login screen?

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I had to test it just now to check that ^^^
... Like most of the better Apple things; ‘it just works’

When I press the home button with my ‘fingerprint’ it logs me straight in [nothing else to do]

Pressing the home button with anything other than my ‘fingerprint’ directs the user to press home button again ... which then opens the login screen.

MichaelG.

... of the gentle touch

gave up with the fingerprint thingy...

was told by Apple products because of my job the skin patterns are changing..always cuts n tears.....

plus grime....hahaha....

we have "protect my bubble insurance" they just replaced my old iPad for a new one because SWMBO dropped it on a tiled floor.....it's the only claim we've had....

no idea on cost tho....prob excessive as per most ins......

Ah, I perceive a difficulty. You presumably don't have a timer set to log you out after a period of inactivity (which I consider mandatory if you are taking the device along to public places). Mine would act the same in this case - one press of the home button would get you back.

If you do have the logoff timer set, it needs one press of the home button to wake up the device which then tells you to press it again to log on - by pin code in my case; presumably fingerprint in yours.

The fingerprint reader works fine on my iPad Pro 10.5” except if I’ve “damaged” my thumbprint by overdoing it in the workshop! Not a problem though as you can set an alternative. The lack of home button on the latest Pro series has put me off somewhat so if that policy continues I’d likely switch to the iPad Air when I want a new model. I’m suffering a bit with tennis elbow at the moment so I’ve had musings about getting a Mini.