Instead of a Home or a side-button, Apple is researching how best to implement under-screen fingerprint sensors, not just for mobile devices like iPhone Fold and iPad, but potentially also the Mac.
Under-display Touch ID could come to future iPhones — or Macs.
Under-display Touch ID could come to future iPhones — or Macs.
The expected iPhone Fold has been said to be too thin for Face ID, so it must use Touch ID. Despite some claims of it getting Touch ID sensor under the screen, most reports predict it will be part of the side button, as was introduced with the iPad Air 4 back in 2020.
Now a newly-granted patent, however, appears to show that Apple is at least researching under-display Touch ID. The patent hides the fact a little, being called just “Display with localized brightness adjustment capabilities.”