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It seems the carousel of talks by high-ranking Apple employees continues. In the afternoon, you could read parts of the discussion in which the head of the development center for new processors took part. Now we have another weekend interview, this time with Craig Federighi, and as expected, Face ID was the main topic of conversation.

On Saturday, Federighi appeared on John Gruber's podcast, which runs the popular Apple blog Daring Fireball. You can listen to the entire thirty-minute interview <a href="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1932/8043/files/200721_ODSTOUPENI_BEZ_UDANI_DUVODU__EN.pdf?v=1595428404" data-gt-href-en="https://en.notsofunnyany.com/">here</a>. Almost the entire dialogue was in the spirit of Face ID, especially with regard to some inconsistencies that appeared after Tuesday's keynote (especially the much-maligned "Face ID fail").

According to Federighi, the introduction of Face ID is essentially the same as the introduction and launch of Touch ID. Especially regarding the initial reactions of the wider audience. Users were also initially skeptical of Touch ID, only to have the general opinion turn 180 degrees after a few weeks. Federighi predicts that Face ID will meet the same fate, and in a few months users will not be able to imagine life without it. When they get the first customers the new iPhone X hands, all doubts are said to disappear.

Honestly, we're all impatiently counting down the days until the first iPhone Xs get into customers' hands. I think that the situation with Touch ID will repeat itself. People think we've come up with something that just can't work reliably and they won't use it. See what the situation is now. Everyone is afraid of what things will look like without Touch ID, because they have gotten used to it and cannot imagine their phone without it. The same will happen with Face ID…

The interview also discussed the future of biometric technologies, especially in connection with user authorization. According to Federighi, Face ID is definitely the way forward. Although he acknowledges that in the future there may be situations where multi-element authorization will be needed and facial recognition will have to be supplemented with another security element.

In other parts of the interview, things that have already appeared several times during the past week are basically repeated. For example, information that Face ID will recognize you even if you wear sunglasses, or a re-explanation of what actually happened during the keynote.

Source: Daring Fireball, 9to5mac

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