For years, Apple’s iPhone range (except for the iPhone SE 2020) has gone without fingerprint scanners, relying instead on Face ID, but it looks like Apple may be bringing back the fingerprint scanner for the iPhone 13.
We’ve heard that before, and now The Wall Street Journal last claimed that two former Apple employees said the company “has been working on in-screen fingerprint technology and has considered putting both Touch ID and Face ID on the same screen. to take. device.”
So this wouldn’t be a return to the home button-based Touch ID fingerprint scanners of yore, it would be a modern in-screen like many Android phones now have. We’ve heard that before, and according to this latest report, it would complement Face ID.
The best of both worlds
Having both makes sense. Face ID is one of the best ways to find facial recognition on a phone, and it’s a feature that many people will likely want to keep using. But neither is it perfect. Since it relies on seeing your face, it doesn’t work that well in the dark or when you’re wearing a mask or sunglasses. At those times, a fingerprint scanner would be a lot more convenient.
Will the iPhone 13 range really get both biometric security features? Could be. Bloomberg also claimed in January that the feature was in testing, so there’s no shortage of evidence. But so far, most of the evidence simply points to Apple testing or considering the idea, rather than sticking to it.
Smartphone companies often develop multiple different prototype devices and test all kinds of technologies, not all of which are ever released, as evidenced by the multitude of promising patents that are not yet products.
So Apple could decide not to use an in-screen fingerprint scanner, or delay it until another year, especially as there are also rumors that this year’s iPhone could be called the iPhone 12S – in part because it could be a minor upgrade. and this doesn’t sound like a small change to us.
We’re still a long way from the likely launch of the iPhone 13 in September, though, so there’s still plenty of time for more rumors to point one way or another. Hopefully, we have a clearer picture of what Apple is planning for the coming weeks and months.
Via 9to5Mac