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New iPhone To Have Tap to Wake, Attention Detection, and Virtual Home Button, Says Report (theverge.com)
HomePod's firmware has revealed several new features coming to the upcoming iPhone, such as a tap to wake function, facial expression and attention detection, and virtual home button. "Apple accidentally released the firmware over the weekend resulting in a frenzy of analysis about previously unknown features," reports The Verge. From the report: Developers including Steve Troughton-Smith and Guilherme Rambo have been tweeting their findings, notably the discovery of the new iPhone's bezel-less screen design. They've also concluded that the resolution for the iPhone 8 could be as much of a visual leap forward from current-generation iPhones as the iPhone 4's Retina display was from the original iPhone. Apple is using codenames for both its face recognition feature and the bezel-less phone, called "Pearl ID" and "D22" respectively. A potential "attention detection" feature is also mentioned in the code, with some speculating that may mean the phone will remain silent for notifications if it knows you're looking at the screen already. Facial references such as "mouthstretch," "mouthsmile," and "mouthdimple" were also found, which are most likely a nod to Apple's rumored facial recognition feature that can even detect faces in the dark using infrared. A tap to wake feature has also been discovered, and should be similar to the Windows Phone function that allows users to double-tap the screen to wake the phone.
No, when Android did it, it was stupid and unnecessary. Now that Apple is doing it, it's innovative and cool.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Exactly. Been there, done that. Android first on all three.
Other recent features-
Fake Bokeh- already implemented on other phones.
Full face screen- already implemented on other phones.
Iris scan- already implemented on other phones.
Lockscreen notifications- stolen from Android.
Ambient display- stolen from Android.
Traffic info- stolen from Google Maps on Android.
Spam call detection- stolen from Android.
AI with photo management- stolen from Android.
Uninstalling stock apps- was already in Android.
Notes collaboration- already in Android Keep.
Siri API to third-party- was already open in Android for Now.
Split-screen- already in Android.
Dual cameras- already on other phones.
Water resistance- already on other phones.
Universal clipboard- yep, already was in Android.
Voicemail transcription- lots of other phones first.
Tons of examples that are even older are readily available.
Yeah, yeah, Apple will do it "better", blah, blah... Apple is innovative... blah, blah, blah.