In-display fingerprint scanners are a very common feature in Android smartphones across all price ranges. However, Apple may be expected to add some extra features to it. As per a report by Patently Apple, “the US Patent & Trademark Office published yet another patent application from Apple that relates to sensor technology and, more particularly, to an enhanced under-display fingerprint sensing based on off-axis angular light.”
Apple is said to be working on iPhones with in-display fingerprint scanners since 2013. However, there is no confirmation as to when an iPhone will actually come with it.
If you are wondering what’s special about Apple’s fingerprint scanner when the whole world already has it then for starters, Apple wants to ensure that the system is the quickest ever and different from others. Apple “enhanced under-display fingerprint sensing” will use “off-axis angular light” to read fingerprints accurately without relying on large components underneath the display.
The system “includes a light-emitting layer, an optical coupling layer, a collimator layer and a pixelated image sensor,” it added.
Rumours claimed that the upcoming iPhone 13 will feature an under-display TouchID. The report was first published by MacRumours and according to them Apple will bring back TouchID in iPhone 13. To remind, the company ditched TouchID back in 2017. Apple iPhone SE 2 being an exception.
Another rumour by Barclays analyst Andrew Garddiner also suggests the same about iPhone 13 getting an under-display TouchID. This report also claims that Apple will use this as an add-on biometric authentication alongside the FaceID.
But there is no evidence as of now as that confirms that Apple will indeed include the Home button in the 2021 iPhones.
