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Apple may have solved the biggest problem with embedding Face ID in the display

We know from previous Apple patents that the company is hard at work figuring out ways of embedding Face ID...

The biggest barrier here is that the infrared light needed for Face ID doesn’t travel well through a display – but a newly-granted Apple patent suggests that the company may have figured out a solution … At least some horizontal and vertical control lines in the plurality of non-pixel regions are rerouted to provide continuous open areas that reduce the amount of difiraction for light traveling through the display to the sensor. Jeff Pu suggested that the iPhone 17 Pro Max would have a “ much narrowed Dynamic Island.” Embedding Face ID beneath the display would be the most obvious way to achieve this.

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