The next "new
product" from Apple, the active speakerHomePodshould be
available in December in the United States and next year in Europe. End of the
Last week, Apple made the operating system available for
HomePod.
In practice, the operating system of the HomePod speaker corresponds to a
iOS 11.0.2. This version has already delivered
some secrets about Apple's future product, but it also contained
some gems regarding the future iPhone!
After digging through the code, Steve Troughton-Smith, a developer
well known in the Apple world, discovered there: references to a system of
facial recognition
via an infrared sensor, as well as astylized image of iPhone
8. Enough to confirm thenumerous rumors of
in recent months.
According to the HomePod OS files, the iPhone 8 which has thenom
de code D22integrates a face recognition system, such as
suggest multiple references to a "FaceDetect" in the "BiometricKit"
discovered last night. This biometric identification system, which uses a
infrared sensor, should be able to operate in
low light situation and with head partially obscured or seen
from several angles.
Still nestled within this Homepod “firmware”,a diagram/drawing of
l’iPhone "8"was also spotted. Henow confirms
officially the expected design of the iPhone 8, namely a large
screen on the front with a part at the top reserved for several sensors such as the
FaceTime camera, and those allowing facial recognition mentioned in
the moment.
This stylized “iPhone 8” does not indicate whether Apple has succeeded in integrating Touch
ID under the screen, but according to arecent
Bloomberg report, the fingerprint sensor would be replaced by
facial recognition in the iPhone 8.
An unfortunate leak from Cuppertino, but which confirms
month of rumors!
To read or reread, theiPhone rumors
8 recentet :
- Nouveau
analyst report on iPhone 7s and 8: record screen/size ratio, no
Touch ID under the screen, etc…
Bloomberg: iPhone 8 Touch ID replaced by recognition
facial? And “Promotion”- Details
for iPhone 2017 forecasts from analyst Ming Chi Kuo: charging
wireless for all models - The
production of the new iPhones ready to start, for release in
october - Touch ID
on the back of the iPhone 8, this rumor that won't die! - JP Morgan: iPhone 7s with
glass back, iPhone 8 with AirPods… - The
diagram of the supposed iPhone 8 is enriched: charging with the Qi standard and others
details
Wireless charging for the next iPhones “officialized” by Apple…
According to an industry expert
Two new iPhones only this year... The rumor we don't like
too much !- Rumors
confirmed by Bloomberg: 12 facts to know everything about iPhones
2017
iPhone 8 price: a more reasonable increase than previously mentioned
?
The augmented reality of the iPhone 8: the start of a new era for
Apple according to a specialist analyst
Rumor: an iPhone 8 “Edition” close to the Galaxy S8, Touch ID on the back,
etc.- And
“True Tone” screen for the 3 new iPhones of 2017?
iPhone 8: the screen size of the high-end model seems
converge
In pictures: how a Touch Bar area could work on the iPhone
8/ Editing
iPhone 8: major new features, 3D sensors and AR/VR headset
Apple's specialist analyst persists: glass and steel for the iPhone 8,
but not on all models
iPhone 8 rumor: integrated wireless charging, optional charger
?
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