With iOS 10, Apple made a fundamental change to the way the Touch ID sensor worked, and it's a particularly annoying change.
Previously, you just had to tap the Home button, and then you were into your device. But with iOS 10, Apple tweaked it so that you are now able to unlock the device and still be on the lock screen. You have to tap the Home button again to get to your apps.
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Fortunately, Apple has offered users a way to make Touch ID work as it did under iOS 9.
You just need to find it because, as with a lot of things in iOS, it's well buried.
I told you it was well hidden.
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