Features

Recognition runs on your Mac (face data never leaves it), with movement prompts before automatic unlocking, which stays off unless you turn it on.

At the lock screen

Gaze checks your face, then guides you through the configured movement prompts.

Choose how to use Gaze

Use recognition-only mode, or enable automatic unlocking after reviewing camera and Accessibility access.

Gaze Unlock settings with automatic unlocking off and permission controls

Learn the movements

Open the movement guide to learn the prompts with the camera off.

Built for the lock screen.

  • Movement prompts

    Before it unlocks, Gaze can ask for one or two quick movements: turn, nod, blink or open your mouth.

  • Up to five faces

    Every enrolled face unlocks the same macOS account.

  • Solid or glass

    Choose Solid, Frosted glass or Liquid Glass, and set how much of your wallpaper shows through.

  • Your face stays on your Mac

    Face measurements are encrypted with a key held in this Mac’s Secure Enclave. Nothing is uploaded.

    If you turn on automatic unlocking, Gaze keeps an encrypted copy of your password on this Mac so it can type it for you.

    Gaze uses a regular camera, not Face ID. A photograph may fool it.

    Read about security ›

  • Works offline

    Recognition runs on your Mac, with no account and no connection needed.

  • Password and Touch ID

    Your usual ways of signing in keep working.

  • With or without a notch

    On Macs without one, the panel sits at the top of the screen. A built-in camera is required.