Could be display thickness/thinness. Or just a lack of motivation. Or that they make too many different variants of different products, and are in too many market segments for software and services, and overall have lost some focus.
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New MacBook Pros and iMac Feature Upgraded Cameras With 'Center Stage' and 'Desk View' Support
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It’s on the iPad Pro and no, you don’t automatically authenticate everything. It’s actually more convenient in my opinion.
I’m curious. Is Desk View really a thing? Does it have a user base & are people really using it. I cannot think of when/how this is useful (to me)
This isn’t a problem with an iPhone so I don’t think it would be with a Mac. For any of those uncomfortable with it I’m sure Face ID could be turned off just like on an iPhone. And Touch ID could still be included on the keyboard so you’d have the best of both worlds.
Sensor thickness would be a good guess. There is alot more depth on a phone. And it's only the same camera sensor I believe, not the same module.
There are several reasons why authentication by Apple Watch is not as good.
The first one is safety. My Apple Watch has unlocked both our previous iMac and our current Mac studio when my wife sits down in front of the computer and I'm in the room next to it. So while acceptable in a home - at least without kids - it's not something I'd trust in an office environment.
Second, not everyone has an Apple watch. They could be in a professional setting and use something that looks more aligned with their attire, training addicts using watches that are better for that (Garmin, Polar, Suunto, etc), not able to use watches on their arms at work (eg. health care professionals), just not into the style, not finding the battery life on Apple watch acceptable - or just not using a watch at all.
The real competition would be touch ID - there are advantages to face id (e.g. my old mother can hardly use touch ID), but are they big enough to warrant the effort?
How many megapixels did the previous MacBook Pros have? I can't seem to find any information regarding this.
Use a search engine to find out how thick the lid of a MBP is. Then use a search engine to find out how thick the thinnest phone that supports Face ID is. If you’re truly interested, you’ll get your answer.
Just M3 was almost beating all the M3 competitors… and this came just to settle. Its far faster than many desktop counterparts in the PC area in an unplugged PC.
Seems like you are buying the future here
They could add it and leave Touch ID in as well.
You could still have Touch ID so it would be an addition some may find useful and others disable.
Much better than a bigger bezel, which people would complain about, or a punch hole.
I don’t get it. They could easiy add TouchID to the power buttion on all mobile devices as an option without deleting Touch ID.
But very practical and secure; and not bypassed by say law enforcement simply holding your phone to your face. It’s a computer not a work of art, and the focus needs to be on function, not form.
true, I really wonder what's the technical reason (if any) that they can't put both in
Cost? It might be small, but adding even small costs in can have a negative impact on price/margins as the begin to add up.
I was wondering more in the lines of (hypothetically) the secure enclave can only take one type of biometric data, that kind of technical reasons
"Desk View can show others on a video call both a view of your face and an overhead view of your desk at the same time."
Probably going to be used for unintended purposes.
