Per a series of leaks, the next-gen iPad could borrow some of the design elements and features from the iPad Pro series. The allegedly leaked design schematics sports thinner bezels, sensors intended for Face ID, and supposed support for the Magic Keyboard. Apple launched its seventh-generation iPad in September 2019, with it sporting a larger 10.2-inch Retina […]
Category: Face ID
From the depths of Rumorville, a leaker has posted what appear to be images of a forthcoming iPad Air manual. The manual indicates a larger display as well as Apple’s Touch ID feature now embedded within the sleep/wake button. The leak also seems to back up previous reports that the next-gen iPad Air will include […]
This could be interesting. A recently published Apple patent entitled “Vein matching for difficult biometric authentication cases” shows that Apple may be looking to improve its Face ID and other visual-based biometric systems by taking advantage of the unique and hard to copy patterns of veins that reside under the skin. If successful, this could resolve […]
It’s a mockup, but it’s interesting. A 3D-printed mockup of an upcoming iPhone model apparently shows a unit without the “notch” at the top of the screen as well as a USB-C port. It’s thought that this could be for a 2021 iPhone model, or the “iPhone 13.” The mockup hails from Alibaba, the Chinese […]
Apple on Wednesday released iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5, the current updates to its mobile operating systems. The updates offer significant fixes and improvements, and also focus on speeding up access to the passcode field when wearing a face mask, introduce the Exposure Notification API to support COVID-19 contact tracing, and offer assorted bug fixes […]