#Face ID

Apple has just been granted a patent for an embedded or under-display Face ID. [caption id="attachment_328868" align="alignnone" width="720"] Photo from Patently Apple[/caption] According to a report from Patently Apple, Apple has just won a patent relating to a camera placed under the display that would seemingly make Face ID invisible to the eye. While there hasn't been official word on if and when an iPhone will have an under-display Face ID camera, there have been rumors suggesting that such a feature will be included in Apple's iPhone 16. Also, if the under-display camera or Face ID is implemented in a future iPhone, this could very well mean that Apple's recent Dynamic Island notch design may soon come to an end. According to the report of 9to5Mac, it has found references to the TrueDepth camera of macOS Big Sur which suggests the addition of Face ID on future Mac devices. It is the same code used for TrueDepth camera and Face ID when it was still developing the iPhone X in 2017. The report says that among the codes found within its extension include "FaceDetect" and "BioCapture" which also works for iOS. Apple's switch from Intel processors is also integral for the introduction of the Face ID on Mac devices as it requires the Neural Engine found on the current iPad and iPhones. Read more in our articles including "Apple granted patent for under-display Face ID" and "Apple may add Face ID on future Mac devices".