Facial recognition in the iPhone will only take ‘millionths of a second’

The iPhone 8 is expected to launch in September and is most likely to be filled with a bunch of latest hardware which also includes facial recognition technology.

Now, according to a new report from the Korean Herald, it has been claimed that the facial recognition technology used in the device will only take “millionths of a second” to scan a person’s face.

"The new facial recognition scanner with 3D sensors can deeply sense a user’s face in the millionths of a second," says the Korean Herald report, citing an anonymous source familiar with the matter. 

"Also, 3D sensors [will] be adopted for the front and rear of the device to realize AR applications, which integrate 3D virtual images with user’s environment in real time," it adds.

Various sources like the Korean Herald are now claiming that Apple is planning to abandon its "TouchID" fingerprint scanner in the new flagship phone, and instead replace it with new face scanning technology. The facial recognition tech is also expected to be used for Apple Pay authorization. If true, it would be a major change to the way people use their iPhones.

However, the impending use of the facial recognition feature in the iPhone has sparked concerns in the amount of time it will take. This is considering the fact that the fingerprint scanner is already super fast and more convenient than typing in a numeric code.