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Face ID Is Coming To the iPad Pro Next Year, Says Report (macrumors.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the across-the-board dept.

According to MacRumors, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said iPad Pro models set to be released in 2018 will come equipped with a TrueDepth Camera and will support Face ID. Apple is believed to be adding TrueDepth cameras to the iPad Pro to introduce a user experience that's consistent with the iPhone X and boost competitiveness. From the report: According to Kuo, TrueDepth Cameras will be limited to the iPad Pro, which is Apple's main flagship tablet device. Kuo also predicts 2018 iPhone models will adopt the new camera technology coming in the iPhone X, as he has mentioned in a previous note: "We predict iOS devices to be equipped with TrueDepth Camera in 2018F will include iPhone X and 2018 new iPhone and iPad models. Because of this, we believe more developers will pay attention to TrueDepth Camera/ facial recognition related applications. We expect Apple's (U.S.) major promotion of facial recognition related applications will encourage the Android camp to also dedicate more resources to developing hardware and facial recognition applications."

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  1. Re:I can't wait.... by Kristoph · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Future ( 2018 ) versions of Apple devices will have the TrueDepth camera on the back for use with AR. You can disable the actual Face ID feature and still gain the benefits of TrueDepth.

  2. Re:I can't wait.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    >TrueDepth camera on the back for use

    Can you can point it strangers and use Face ID to identify them? I assume it'll only be a matter of time till Face ID "prints" are uploaded to centralized databases to use Face ID for authenticating at places where it won't be necessary to own an iPhoneX.