Touch ID took forever for third party apps to adapt. Face ID will take longer

[GadgetGeek407]

It's interesting that touch ID being as great and secure as it is, took forever for third party apps to implement. Some apps still haven't done so.

I think that fact will hinder apps from adapting face ID. Hope not

 

[Theophil1971]

Actually, it's just another form of authentication... all that matters to 3rd party apps is the end result (user authentication). They won't have to implement anything different. The phone does the work and hands the same credentials to the app. This was mentioned in the keynote.

 

[New_Mac_Smell]

TouchID was locked to developers for the first year. After that it's up to developers to make use of it. It'll be the same as FaceID however they showed it working with current apps, so they might not lock it down. Either way, why do you think it would take longer?

 

[ThisIsNotMe]

Pretty sure it is the same (similar) API authentication calls.

 

[GadgetGeek407]

TouchID was locked to developers for the first year. After that it's up to developers to make use of it. It'll be the same as FaceID however they showed it working with current apps, so they might not lock it down. Either way, why do you think it would take longer?

Because so many big names apps even like a few big banks just now enabled touch ID with the last year.

 

[New_Mac_Smell]

Because so many big names apps even like a few big banks just now enabled touch ID with the last year.

Then complain to the big banks? Not really anything to do with Apple.

 

[GadgetGeek407]

Then complain to the big banks? Not really anything to do with Apple.

The point is third party apps are slow to adapt. This just resets the clock again. Looks super cool if everyone who enabled touch ID does as well

 

[New_Mac_Smell]

The point is third party apps are slow to adapt. This just resets the clock again. Looks super cool if everyone who enabled touch ID does as well

The phones have just been announced with only tech details at the moment. I would seriously wait until they're actually released before decrying things. For example, it's quite probable that FaceID is an implementation of TouchID, meaning it will work with a simple patch to enable to the switch. As it's likely using the same security credentials built directly into the phone. TouchID was not something developers had to hand-code into their apps, just enable. If you're using an older app that's no longer supported, then I guess this won't get updated. But anything current that currently uses TouchID should be a simple enough procedure to update to FaceID.

So wait a few weeks and see...

 

[First Post G]

The point is third party apps are slow to adapt. This just resets the clock again. Looks super cool if everyone who enabled touch ID does as well

As someone else posted, the API will direct the phone to authenticate instead of using a password. On an 8 or 8+ this will request TouchID. On an X, it will request FaceID. No issues here.