![]() I hope by the time the next iPhone debuts - we’re expecting September 2021, but it may come later in the year - we won’t need to be wearing face masks as often, but introducing a new technology that allows us to use a fingerprint to unlock our phone will give us another option to quickly authenticate our identities alongside Face ID. The iPhone 12 Pro Max and iPhone 12 Pro both feature Face ID (Image credit: TechRadar)Ī new report this week has suggested Apple is eyeing Touch ID to go under the screen for the first time in whatever it calls its next smartphone series, and while I would have preferred Apple to include this technology in its 2020 iPhone 12 series, the Galaxy S21 proves the technology is good enough for the masses now. ![]() The last 12 months have seen Face ID - Apple’s success story of a switch from fingerprint scanners to facial recognition software built into the selfie camera - begin to struggle as we strap on face masks and hide our identities from our phones in an attempt to stop the spread of Covid-19. I'm sure Apple has been considering under display fingerprint scanners for a while, but the Covid-19 pandemic may have also exacerbated the need to return to a fingerprint sensor. It’s also notably faster too, which means you won’t be waiting around for the phone to unlock like we’ve had to with some previous iterations. It's a relatively minor adjustment, but it makes the technology far more usable than we’ve experienced in the past. It means you don't have to be as specific with your finger, as a lot more of the bottom half of the phone's display has a scanner underneath it. Samsung’s latest series of phones feature a 70% larger sensor than the one we saw in 2020’s Galaxy S20, and that’s notably easier to use. So why do I think it's the right time for Apple to jump in and include the first Touch ID fingerprint scanner that you’ll find embedded under the display? We grew accustomed to capactive sensors on the bottom half of our smartphones over the last decade, and switching to in-screen technology hasn't been without bumps in the road. I’ve never come across an in-screen fingerprint scanner that meant I would stop using that phone, but until now the technology has always been noticeably weaker than physical fingerprint scanners. The iPhone SE 2020 still has a Touch ID fingerprint scanner in its home button (Image credit: Future)
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