Facial and design identification of the confirmed iPhone 8 in the operating system of the Apple HomePod speaker

The next "new
Product "of Apple, the active speakerHomePodshould be
Available in December in the United States and next year in Europe. End of the
last week, Apple made available the operating system of
HomePod.

In practice, the operating system of the HomePod speaker corresponds to a
iOS 11.0.2. This version has already delivered
Some secrets on Apple's future product, but she also received
Some jewels concerning the future iPhone!

After rummaging through the code, Steve Troughton-Smith, a developer
Well known to the Apple world, discovered: references to a system of
facial recognition
via an infrared sensor, as well as aStylized image of the iPhone
8. What confirm themany rumors of
in recent months.

According to the HomePod OS files, the iPhone 8 which has fornom
de code D22incorporates a facial recognition system, such as
suggest multiple references to a "facedetect" in "biometrickit"
discovered that night. This biometric identification system, which uses a
infrared sensor, should be able to operate in
Low light situation and with partially masked head or view
According to several angles.

Always nestled in 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
front screen with a top in the top reserved for several sensors such as the
facetime camera, and those allowing facial recognition mentioned to
The moment.

This stylized "iPhone 8" does not indicate if Apple has managed to integrate the touch
ID under the screen, but according to arecent
Bloomberg report, the fingerprint sensor would be replaced by
Facial recognition in the iPhone 8.

A unfortunate leak on the Cuppertino side, but which confirms
months 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: the Touch ID Iphone 8 replaced by recognition
  facial? And "promotion"
• Details
  For the 2017 iPhone 2017 forecasts of analyst Ming Chi Kuo: recharge
  wireless for all models
• The
  production of new iPhone ready to start, for a
  october
• Touch ID
  At the back of the iPhone 8, this rumor that does not want to die!
• JP Morgan: iPhone 7S with
  Glass back, iPhone 8 with AirPods…
• The
  Diagram of the supposed iPhone 8 is enriched: recharge to the IQ and others
  details
• 
  Wireless recharge for the next iPhone "formalized" by Apple…
  According to a sector specialist
• 
  Only two new iPhones this year ... the rumor that we don't like
  too much !
• Rumors
  Confirmed by Bloomberg: 12 info to find out all about iPhone
  2017
• 
  IPhone 8 price: a more reasonable increase than mentioned until then
  ?
• 
  The augmented reality of the iPhone 8: the beginning of a new era for
  Apple according to a specialized 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 2017 iPhone?
• 
  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/ Edition
• 
  iPhone 8: major innovations, 3D sensors and AR/VR helmet
• 
  Apple specialist analyst persists: glass and steel for the iPhone 8,
  But not on all models
• 
  Rumor iphone 8: integrated wireless recharge, optional charger
  ?

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