can apple come up with fingerprint ID for new ipohnes? Face recognition dont work well with mask

Can Apple look into fingerprint ID (similar to facial ID) for the new phones?

Posted on Jul 11, 2020 6:20 AM

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Posted on Jul 13, 2020 7:43 AM

You can suggest it to Apple—>https://apple.com/feedback but posting in this user-to-user forum will not get Apple’s attention.


Devices that have fingerprint recognition use a special sensor that can detect minute differences in the depth of the whorls in your fingerprint and the temperature of your finger. Devices that don’t have a HOME button can’t do that, so it is unlikely that the feature could be added to any phones that don’t have the sensor in the HOME button. It wouldn’t be secure if it only used an image of your fingerprint, because it could be fooled with a photo.

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Jul 13, 2020 7:43 AM in response to Jatan7001

You can suggest it to Apple—>https://apple.com/feedback but posting in this user-to-user forum will not get Apple’s attention.


Devices that have fingerprint recognition use a special sensor that can detect minute differences in the depth of the whorls in your fingerprint and the temperature of your finger. Devices that don’t have a HOME button can’t do that, so it is unlikely that the feature could be added to any phones that don’t have the sensor in the HOME button. It wouldn’t be secure if it only used an image of your fingerprint, because it could be fooled with a photo.

Jul 11, 2020 8:03 PM in response to Jatan7001

Jatan7001 wrote:

a one touch function would be preferred. At times like this when we are all wearing masks, we keep having to key in passcode. With cameras everywhere, it’s easy for people to get your passcode. So wouldn’t you miss having iPhone 8 where you can you your fingerprint to unlock?

The phone has no hardware to allow Touch ID. It was built for Face ID.

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