Face ID has been, at the time, cause of joys and misfortunes for Apple. With its debut on the iPhone X, and despite the fact that it was not the first biometric identification system based on a camera on smartphones, it did mark a before and after, contributing decisively to its popularity. Thus, today, there are a large majority of devices that have a similar system, although it is true that with technological developments of different levels.
So far the joys, but on the other side of the coin we find the aesthetic impact of the elements on which Face ID is based on the front of the iPhone. First it was the more than characteristic notch, and much more recently, so far only on the Pro models, the dynamic island, which will presumably jump to all models in the future generation of the iPhone 15. It is a change that partially satisfies Apple, but that is still far from the ideal solution that they have been pursuing for years.
Thus, we have been hearing about Apple’s plans, patents and research for a long time to place its biometric identification system, either Face ID or Touch ID, under the screen, a solution that will allow the entire front of future iPhones to be screen, without perforations and other types of elements in the same. The problem is that, for whatever reason, it seems that they still haven’t finished finding the most appropriate way to implement these technologies, while keeping the minimum impact on the screen and maintaining the security standards offered by both systems in their current versions.
Under panel Face ID is now expected to be pushed at least a year to 2025 or later due to sensor issues.
—Ross Young (@DSCCRoss) March 9, 2023
From time to time, as I said before, there are new rumors about it, which suggest that it could be closer, but these are countered by others that point to longer terms. And it is in this second group that we find the prediction of Ross Young, an analyst who is generally quite reliable, and who suggests that Face ID under the screen will not reach the iPhone, at least, until 2025as we can read in a recent tweet.
The reason for this is found, according to Young, in sensor problems, which is not being particularly precise, since there are several that make up Face ID, and there are several problems that can occur in each of them. However, what this does tell us is that the other important part of this technology, that is, that of a screen capable of dynamically reproducing content, depending on whether the sensors are activated or deactivated, would work correctly.
