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iPhone 11 might have cool new Touch ID feature

May 1, 2019

Via: CNET
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We’re probably still some months away from the iPhone 11’s release, but an Apple patent just gave us a hint about one of its features.

The Cupertino, California, company is developing fingerprint sensor that’d let you unlock your phone by touching anywhere on the screen, as seen in a patent granted Tuesday and previously reported by Patently Apple.

The traditional Touch ID — which made its debut with 2013’s iPhone 5S — only works on the home button. The new version would employ an “acoustic imaging system” that’d use waves under the iPhone’s display to identity your fingerprint when you touch the screen.

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