Just days after Apple unveiled its iPhone X and hyped its new neural engine that brings artificial intelligence and augmented reality to smartphones, Chinese competitor Huawei is taking aim at the device.
The advances will feature in the company's Qualcomm Spectra Module Program, capable of improved biometric authentication and high-resolution depth sensing for mobile devices and head mounted displays.
Leaked firmware suggests the facial recognition system in Apple's upcoming "iPhone 8" will support payments, "multi" biometrics and support for third-party apps.
The latest code discovery to emerge from Apple's HomePod firmware may hint that the "iPhone 8" will silence notification sounds when a person is looking at their device.
A new report from Bloomberg suggests that Apple intends to introduce facial recognition technology in the next iPhone that will replace Touch ID. Citing a person familiar with Apple's future product plans, the report notes that the company's new 3-D face scanning feature will be able to authenticate a user within a few hundred milliseconds. The report...