And while that sounds thrilling, it also sounds a little worrying. We knew all about the facial recognition technology, of course, because Apple had accidentally leaked it. But the event gave our first look at it in use, and Apple was finally able to explain how it actually works. Or how it doesn't work, in one instance. Here's everything you need to know about the new phone - including whether it can be fooled by creepy masks. How does it actually work,
Inside the notch at the top of the screen, there's hidden a huge array of different sensors and outputs. Each of those works together to recognise your face and then tell the phone to unlock itself. Whenever you look at your phone, the "flood illuminator" spots your face and alerts the phone that's something's going on. It then gets to work doing a number of things: taking an infrared photo, and sending out a network of thousands of dots that arrange themselves over your face and can be seen by a built-in camera.
All of that data is then sent to the iPhone X's new chip which compares it to the information it has about your face; if it's close enough, the phone will unlock. All of that happens instantly, according to Apple and people who have used the phones. And the way it works means that it's invisible and will work in the dark. Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Phil Schiller, introduces the iPhone x during a launch event in Cupertino, California, U.S.
Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Phil Schiller, introduces the iPhone X during a launch event in Cupertino, California, U.S. Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Phil Schiller, introduces the iPhone X during a launch event in Cupertino, California, U.S. Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Phil Schiller, introduces the iPhone x during a launch event in Cupertino, California, U.S.
Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Phil Schiller, introduces the iPhone x during a launch event in Cupertino, California, U.S. Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Phil Schiller, introduces the iPhone x during a launch event in Cupertino, California, U.S. Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Phil Schiller, shows Animoji during a launch event in Cupertino, California, U.S.
Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Phil Schiller, speaks during a launch event in Cupertino, California, U.S. Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Phil Schiller, introduces the iPhone x during a launch event in Cupertino, California, U.S. Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, speaks about the iPhone X during a launch event in Cupertino, California, U.S.
What is Apple doing with its highly accurate, 3D scans of my face, Nothing that you need to worry about, it says. Is it really secure, Yes, or so says Apple. The TouchID fingerprint sensor - which has been broken into before, but not regularly - has an accuracy of about one in 50,000, it said.
That means that if you gave your phone to 50,000 people, one of them would be expected to have a fingerprint close enough to yours that they could use it to break into your phone. With Face ID, that number is one in a million, Apple says. What if someone just prints out a picture of my face, There have been worrying reports of this sort of thing working with other facial ID sensors.
They appear secure, but all you really need to do is hold up another phone with a picture of the owner on it, and the facial recognition technology will think the person is actually there. But Apple says that the way the facial recognition works ensures that it would spot a flat version of a face instantly. And even attempting to make a mask of someone's face won't work, according to the company.
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