To say that the new iPhone features that fruit fans are most looking forward to in recent years are not "fingerprints under the screen". The reason is that in the environment where the fight against the epidemic has become normalized, the unlocking experience of the off-screen fingerprint is much better than Face ID, so many users are also very much looking forward to Apple's ability to add on-screen fingerprint unlocking to the iPhone.
So is the iPhone expected to join the under-screen fingerprint unlock? According to YouTube digital blogger LeaksApplePro, he confirmed after several conversations with an insider who worked with Apple that Apple engineers are no longer developing on-screen fingerprint recognition unlocking solutions for iPhones.
The person also said that Apple's abandonment of the iPhone's off-screen fingerprint unlocking is actually already traceable, because in January this year, Apple decided to transfer all Touch ID work and resources to the team working on Face ID.
If the revelation is true, it also means that Apple has given up the iPhone's under-screen fingerprint unlocking program, and the small partner who expects the under-screen fingerprint unlock may be disappointed.
Before the release of iOS 15.4, Xiaobian believed that it was still possible for the iPhone to add "fingerprints under the screen". But after the release of iOS 15.4, it can basically be determined that the "under-screen fingerprint" of the iPhone is no longer played!
Because in the iOS 15.4 system, Apple added the function of "wearing a mask to unlock", the iPhone 12/13 series models can already rely on the deep integration technology of the front camera to unlock the iPhone, although the unlocking experience is a little different from not wearing a mask, but the safety factor is still very high, and even support the payment level, indicating that Apple is also very assured of the security of wearing a mask to unlock.
If the current iPhone wears a mask to unlock it, then this year's iPhone 14 series or even next year's iPhone 15 series, Apple will continue to use this unlocking scheme.
Of course, Apple does consider adding under-screen fingerprint technology to the iPhone, for example, Apple has previously applied for a lot of patents related to under-screen fingerprints. However, it may be because the under-screen fingerprint recognition security factor is not enough or other technical reasons have not been adopted by Apple, resulting in the final Apple still chose Face ID to unlock.
According to Apple's previous introduction, the unlock error rate of fingerprint recognition is one in fifty thousand, and FaceID is one in a million, that is to say, the security of Face ID is 20 times higher than fingerprint unlocking, and for the security of the iPhone, Apple is unlikely to reverse the unlocking method.
In the future, Apple will further optimize the iPhone's mask-wearing unlocking experience to achieve consistency with unlocking without masks. For example, the current latest iOS 15.4 Beta3 is much better than the previous beta 1 beta version unlock experience, supporting more angles to unlock the iPhone. It is believed that in the official version of iOS 15.4 released next month, there will be further improvements.
If you often need to use a mask to unlock your iPhone, Xiaobian recommends that you can upgrade to the iOS 15.4 beta first. It should be noted that wearing a mask to unlock iPhone only supports iPhone 12 series and iPhone 13 series users. After the upgrade, users no longer need to cooperate with apple watch to unlock, saving thousands!
The upgrade method is very simple, as long as we reply to the "test" in our fruit powder home, install the iOS 15 beta profile, you can directly upgrade the OTA on the iPhone, no need to flash the machine.
A lot of fruit powder message consultation xiaobian, upgrade to iOS 15.4 beta version of bugs more? Can the official version be upgraded when it comes out? Here is a unified reply for everyone: iOS 15 beta system update has almost no obvious bugs until now, even if there are, it is not affected by daily use of small bugs, can be ignored.
As for users who have upgraded to the iOS 15.4 beta version, they can also be upgraded after the official version is updated. We just open Settings - Universal - VPN & Device Management and delete the profile of the iOS 15 beta. After deletion, we will open Settings - General - Software Update and receive updates for iOS 15.4.