Facial recognition on the iPhone 8 should allow Apple Pay authentication: bye-bye Touch ID?

Not long ago, the newspaper
American Bloomberg argued that facial recognition
would replace Touch IDor fingerprint sensor in iPhone 8.
In addition, we saw in the firmware of the HomePod, traces of a system of
facial recognition.

And while many wonder how Apple Pay would work without it
Touch ID, it seems from the HomePod OS, that Apple has found a way
to make payments using credit recognition
visage.

A developer named @i_rdn on Twitter foundtwo
referencesto facial recognition “pearl.field-detect” and
"pearl.pre-arm"among the authentication informationpour
make a payment.

For information,Pearl IDwould be the code name for the system
facial recognition from Apple.

However, this new authentication method must be reliable
and well protected to prevent anyone from using it with a photo of the
owner of the device, as is the case with the Samsung Galaxy S8.

However, according to a
recent Bloomberg report, Apple's solution would capture more than
data than Touch ID thanks in particular to 3D depth perception,
which would make it safer and harder to fool with a photo in
2D.

Since the HomePod firmware has no trace or mention
of Touch ID, it's a safe bet that the latter will disappear from the iPhone 8.

It is also possible that this "publication error" of the OS of the
HomePod is a marketing stunt from Apple to prepare users for the
disappearance of Touch ID, as was the case with the removal of the headphone port
on the iPhone 7.

To read or reread, the latest rumorsiPhone 8:

• 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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