Last year, Apple officially presented the new security method that it makes available to users so that their terminals are always protected. I'm talking about Face ID, a technology much more reliable and secure than traditional Touch ID, that had been accompanying us since 2013, when the iPhone 5s arrived on the market.
As the first units of iPhone X reached the first users, they saw how this technology only allowed to unlock the end by placing it vertically, not horizontally, something that at first makes perfect sense, but in some cases it is more of a drawback than an advantage. This facial recognition technology will arrive with the next generation iPad Pro, and it will work both vertically and horizontally.
We have been talking for many months about the possibility of Apple renewing the iPad Pro range including Face ID, a confirmation that has arrived days before the presentation of the new iPad models, via the iOS 12.1 beta code.
As we can read in 9to5Mac, the beta of iOS 12.1 includes some lines that refer to the iPad when configuring Face ID. According to these lines, the device will inform us that after performing the recognition of our face vertically, this protection system will work when the iPad Pro is in a vertical or horizontal position.
Last June, in the iOS 12 code, clues were also found about the possibility of Face ID technology coming to the iPad, since it had specific options for the iPad allow the creation of Animojis and Memoji, functions that are only available thanks to the TrueDepth camera that includes Face ID.
Next October 30, the date on which the event is held, we will clear up any doubts. From Actualidad iPhone we will carry out a special follow-up of the event, publishing complete articles with all the novelties that are presented.