Apple’s iconic Touch ID is found only on the iPhone SE models as of today. It is also present on the older iPhone 8 and some iPad models if you luckily still own it. The Cupertino-based tech giant ditched Touch ID on the iPhone X with the introduction of the TruDepth camera way back in 2017. Now, if the latest development is anything to go by, we may have to bid goodbye for once and all to another iconic Apple feature. Yes, it’s the Touch ID that was rumored to be resurrected.
Apple may not resurect Touch ID
Touch ID was the first reliable fingerprint authentication technology to be used on a smartphone. A user on Weibo who is said to be an Integrated Circuit expert revealed that the equipment that’s used to manufacture chips required for iPhone’s Touch ID has been permanently shut down. The remaining units will be used for the third-generation iPhone SE. This squashes all the hopes and rumors of the authentication technology making a comeback on iPhones.
Facial recognition via TruDepth camera is said to be as secure as a fingerprint scanner. Additionally, Apple is also rumored to be working on embedding the TruDepth camera sensors under the display on future iPhones offering more screen estate.
The latest development also solidifies Apple’s plans of not pursuing fingerprint recognition as a recent rumour pointed out that the iPhone SE 4 has the same design language as the iPhone 14 with Face ID.
If all this turns out to be true, the only way Touch ID could make a comeback is in the form of an under-display version. There have also been talks that Apple may adopt both Face ID and Touch ID on iPhones but this remains a distant future.
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