So… something I found out is that if you simply wave your hand in front of the readers (or lightly and I mean lightly tap on them), and your phone is on in your pocket, it will unlock.
I vaguely remember trying this unsuccessfully a couple years ago, which motivated me to buy the fob. I have a different phone now, maybe worth another try.
I have found the hand wave with phone in pocket thing mostly works, however person meat seems to be a problem, so I’m often doing a little hip turn to make it work for me (phone in back pocket). Also sometimes my phone gets fussy about being unlocked in order to comply.
I’d enjoy having this wrist watch alternative. @alan did you design the holder doohickey 3DP file or find something somewhere? Is that something you’d be willing to share or sell prints of?
I designed it, I’m happy to share it, here’s the STL I printed. I know there are a few different sizes of apple watch wristband interface, I designed this for the one I have, which is about 35mm wide. I’m not sure how those sizes are normally identified.