TechPhonesiPhonesLeaker says Apple has given up on in-screen Touch ID for iPhones, and that’s okayAs much as I loved Touch ID, it’s obsolete now Face ID can work with masksWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechPhonesiPhonesLeaker says Apple has given up on in-screen Touch ID for iPhones, and that’s okayAs much as I loved Touch ID, it’s obsolete now Face ID can work with masksWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
As much as I loved Touch ID, it’s obsolete now Face ID can work with masks
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(Image credit: Apple)
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Here in Scotland we’ve been having a bit of weather – nothing unusual, just hailstones the size of golf balls and wind throwing the odd cow past the window. It’s made me realise that Touch ID is yesterday’s technology: no matter how hard I try, I can’t find Touch ID-compatible gloves that keep my fingers warm enough. If I were running the latestiOSbeta that wouldn’t be a problem, because Face ID now works with masks and effectively renders Touch ID obsolete.
According to leaker LeaksApplePro,Appleis thinking similar. “Apple is no longer working on under-display fingerprint sensors for theiPhone,” itreports. The future is your face.
Why it’s time for Touch ID to go
That means Touch ID is a pain in the neck on myiPad: the sensor is always in the wrong corner for comfort, and its tiny size means it often takes me multiple attempts before it recognises my finger. More often than not I’ll tap in my six-digit passcode for speed, which is annoying given that Touch ID is supposed to make authentication faster.
As much as I loathe notches in displays, Face ID is so much faster and more convenient – but I didn’t think Apple was ever going to find a way to make it work when we’re masked, so I thought Touch ID was the better option in a pandemic world.
But now that Face ID has cracked that particular problem, it’s hard to see the need for Touch ID going forward: where Touch ID often fails to recognise my finger, Face ID has no such problems with my face. Once Face ID’s mask compatibility comes out of beta, it’s time to file Touch ID along with Intel Macs and iPod socks.
You might still wonder whether Apple couldn’t have made in-screen fingerprint sensors work, just as so manyAndroid phonemakers have. Well, we don’t know, but for whatever reason, Apple wasn’t keen on them – and though this leak might not come with many details, it rings true. It’d be odd for Apple to decide to add a technology like this after sticking with Face ID only for so many years.
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