Video: The iPhone X ultimate Face ID test
A centerpiece feature of Apple's iPhone X is Face ID, which completely replaces Touch ID. Here's how — and how well — the technology works in practice.
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Roger Fingas
Apple's 'A Guided Tour' video walks users through iPhone X Face ID, Animoji, and more
To accommodate the millions of new iPhone X users, Apple has posted "A Guided Tour" on YouTube, showing users Face ID, Animoji, Portrait Lighting, and new gestures used to navigate the phone.
Mike Wuerthele
Privacy advocates express concern over Apple allowing developers to use iPhone X Face ID camera
A series of privacy advocates are taking issue with Apple allowing developers to use the TrueDepth camera central to the Face ID system under limited circumstances — and with serious restrictions applied by Apple to what coders can use the data for.
Super Mario Run, other apps updated to support iPhone X display and Face ID
With Apple's iPhone X due to launch on Friday, developers, including Apple itself, are rolling out updates to take advantage of the device's larger Super Retina OLED display and unique features like Face ID authentication.
AppleInsider Staff
Tim Cook addresses tax reform, Russian Facebook ads, customer privacy, more in interview
Apple CEO Tim Cook sat down with NBC News' Lester Holt on Wednesday to talk about issues affecting the modern tech industry landscape, from tax reform to concerns that Russia interfered with the 2016 presidential election through a wide-reaching social media campaign.
Mikey Campbell
iPhone X tech was originally meant to show up in 2018, Apple's Riccio says
Apple was originally expecting to ship the technologies in the iPhone X in 2018, hardware engineering head Dan Riccio revealed in an interview published this week.
Face ID on iPhone X is just as fast, if not faster, than Touch ID
Much has been said about Face ID on iPhone X, but prospective customers are wondering how the new face-based recognition system performs against Apple's established Touch ID system. In our tests, Face ID is as fast, or in some cases faster, than its predecessor.
Apple emphasizes again that Touch ID for iPhone X was never an option, company all-in on Face ID
Apple has once again reiterated that, despite rumors to the contrary, the company did not intend to have a Touch ID fingerprint sensor embedded in the display of the iPhone X, and that Face ID was developed to be a full, permanent Touch ID replacement.
Neil Hughes
2018 iPhone X update expected to focus on reducing costs, won't feature TrueDepth 3D rear camera
Apple's forward facing TrueDepth camera system, which powers Face ID on the iPhone X, won't make it to the company's rear facing cameras next year, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities.
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