Apple No Longer Interested In Bring Touch ID To Its Latest IPhone

Apple will reportedly not bring back the Touch ID feature (photo: Pinho / Unsplash)

JAKARTA - Apple will reportedly not bring back its Touch ID feature for the latest iPhone in the near future. This means that Face ID is still the security system the company relies on.

The latest report from Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman said Apple had actually tested Touch ID on the screen for its iPhone, and was considering adding the feature to the power button, similar to the iPad Air and iPad Mini.

However, according to Gurman, the two plans will not be implemented in the near future. The reason is, Apple is not very interested in bringing the fingerprint-based authentication system back to its flagship model or later.

Unfortunately, Gurman did not specify the reasons why Apple canceled the Touch ID installation, it is undeniable that topics like this have heated up over the past few years.

Because launching Slashgear, Tuesday, October 4, during the COVID-19 pandemic it was still ongoing and many people were wearing masks, Apple became more interested in developing a facial recognition system or Face ID so that it could function even when users were wearing masks.

Even so, most iPhone users expect Apple to bring Touch ID back to one of its flagship smartphones in the future.

However, for those who are still interested in using Touch ID, they can use it on iPad Air, iPad Mini or the second generation iPhone SE that has just been launched.

Touch ID first appeared on the iPhone 5s and continued to be used on all iPhone models launched until 2016. However, in 2017, iPhone meetings with Touch ID suddenly ended when Apple introduced the iPhone X and changed to Face ID.