TrinamiX, a subsidiary of BASF, says Apple’s current implementation of Face ID is infringing on several of its patents. Here are the details.
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The tech industry is currently in the middle of a rather gradual security transition from usernames and passwords to passkeys.
Passkeys are far more secure as online services don’t store your username and password, but Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says that the use of Face ID and Touch ID has an additional benefit …
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Face ID has been part of the iPhone for close to a decade, and the iPad for nearly as long—but the Mac still uses Touch ID. A new rumor could offer hope of that potentially changing though.
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This is the time of year when many design details are being finalized for next fall’s flagship iPhones. Now, a new leak on Weibo corroborates what we’ve heard before: under-display Face ID is planned for the iPhone 18 line.
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Your live WhatsApp messages and backups are both protected by end-to-end encryption, but so far you’ve only had the option of using a passkey to access your messages. Accessing backups required a password instead.
That’s all changing now as the company is in the process of rolling out passkey support for backups …
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Tinder face verification is becoming mandatory for all new US users, starting this week in California and gradually rolling out to other states. The Face Check feature is already in use in six other countries, including Canada.
When you first open the app, you will be asked to carry out a moving face scan similar to that used when setting up Face ID …
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Apple has long been working on embedding Face ID into the display, with recent report suggesting that this will finally happen in the iPhone 18 Pro.
That idea today got a big boost in credibility, with a new development making the end of the Dynamic Island seem almost a done deal …
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Multiple sources have reported Apple working on an 18.8-inch foldable iPad or MacBook, and a leaker today reports that there’s a prototype of the device with Face ID embedded beneath the display.
While more than one supply-chain source has pointed to signs of an 18.8-inch folding display, differing views have been expressed about whether the intended use is for an iPad Pro or MacBook …
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We know from previous Apple patents that the company is hard at work figuring out ways of embedding Face ID in the display of future iPhones.
The biggest barrier here is that the infrared light needed for Face ID doesn’t travel well through a display – but a newly-granted Apple patent suggests that the company may have figured out a solution …
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Apple introduced Face ID on iPhone all the way back in 2017, and Touch ID quickly became absent from all but the budget iPhone SE. Now, the SE is about to lose it too. But I think it’s actually the perfect time to bring Touch ID back across the entire iPhone lineup, and Vision Pro is why.
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Apple has been granted another patent for technology that would allow it to have Face ID embedded in the display, enabling the company to reduce the size of the camera cutout.
While Apple has been working on this for many years, there are a couple of reasons to suspect that the tech may perhaps debut in the iPhone 17 line-up …
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Meta is testing facial recognition as a way of letting you instantly recover your Instagram or Facebook account if you find yourself locked out. The process of submitting a video selfie looks much the same as that used to register for Face ID, requiring you to turn your head in different directions.
The company is also using the technology to detect and block scams using celebrities …
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Back in May, password manager DashLane announced it was working on ditching the master password for its credential vaults. Now, the company has launched its initial wave of access to the feature and says it is the “first credential manager” to offer passwordless login.
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A new supply-chain report suggests that we could see an under-screen Face ID camera in the iPhone “after 2026,” using technology developed by LG Innotek.
It’s likely that the tech would initially be used for Face ID only, but would be a stepping stone toward a later true all-screen design, with the front-facing camera similarly embedded beneath the screen …
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Apple has been awarded a second patent for a way to implement MacBook Face ID, but we’d still caution against expecting it to happen any time soon.
That’s both because of the company’s past statements about the idea, and a specific technical challenge involved in implementing it in MacBooks …
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Next year’s iPhone 16 Pro models will have the largest iPhone screens ever, according to Ross Young, a display analyst with a solid track record. These models have also been reported to drop the notch in favor of under-screen Face ID.
While Young didn’t initially specify the precise sizes, when one Twitter user rounded up Ross’s figures to one significant digit, he replied that this was “close” …
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An unlikely report from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggests that the Apple Glasses launch could come as early as 2026 or 2027.
While the emphasis of the report is that Apple Glasses won’t be mass-produced before these dates, the idea that the product could be just three or four years out seems implausible based on what we’re expecting …
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Starting with the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max, Apple adopted a new LTPO screen technology on the iPhone for the first time. A new report today from analysts at Display Supply Chain Consultants says that this feature will remain exclusively to the “Pro” model iPhones for the next several years, before potentially moving downmarket.
The report also includes a broad “roadmap” detailing the future of iPhone display technology through 2027…
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Apple has a pair of big iPhone projects in the works to move Face ID underneath the display and bring back Touch ID. Two new reports today, however, say we are still several years away from either of these projects seeing the light of day.
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Update: Coincidentally, Apple was granted a patent for this technology on the same day as the latest supply-chain report – see below.
The iPhone X introduced the notch, the iPhone 14 Pro the Dynamic Island – and the iPhone 16 Pro is expected to offer the next logical step: embedded Face ID components beneath the display itself.
However, the latest report says that we shouldn’t expect Apple to follow Samsung’s under-display camera approach before 2026…
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An Apple patent granted today appears to describe a new approach to under-screen Face ID, which could also allow the company to embed additional sensors into an iPhone display.
The patent seemingly describes an evolution of the Dynamic Island approach, but applied in a more flexible way …
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Under-display Face ID is – along with under-display Touch ID – one of those evergreen iPhone rumors. Now another report suggests that it will make an appearance (or lack of same… ) in the iPhone 16, and will be limited to the Pro models.
The report suggests that this will be the next stage after the Dynamic Island, with just a single punch-hole cutout for the front-facing camera…
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Apple is asking a court to prevent future patent infringement claims from someone who appears to be a Face ID patent troll.
California resident Chian Chiu Li last month filed a patent infringement against Apple, then last week withdrew the complaint without explanation …
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Earlier this year, Apple introduced new tools for its technicians that make it possible to repair the Face ID module without having to replace the entire iPhone. However, these tools were only available for iPhone XS and later. Now the company has finally expanded this repair to the iPhone X as well.
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