The introduction of Apple Touch ID marked an important turning point in the smartphone sector since then popularized the integration of fingerprint readers in a market that until then was limited to classic line patterns or number combinations as a security measure on the lock screen.

As many of our readers will remember, the first smartphone to feature Touch ID was Apple’s iPhone 5s. It has been integrated into the start button and It was characterized by speed and accuracy of unlocking. No, this smartphone wasn’t the first to integrate a fingerprint reader, companies like Toshiba, HTC and Motorola tried before it, but they didn’t have the same success as Apple.

You already know that in these cases it’s not enough to implement something first, you have to do it in an attractive and functional way, and in this case Apple’s homework was with Touch ID. Consider that after the integration of the fingerprint reader in the iPhone 5s, the terminal, which hit the market in September 2013, This biometric authentication system has also been adopted by Samsung on the Galaxy S5, which was launched in February 2014.

It was no coincidence that Apple Touch ID was not the first attempt to adopt a fingerprint reader in smartphones, but it was the only proposal that was really successful, and that managed to start a “fever” for this technologyto such an extent that Apple created a school and the giants of the sector followed in its footsteps.

A few years later, with the advent of the iPhone switch to Touch ID completely, although he didn’t do it right away. In this case, authentication was done via 3D facial recognitionand it was also a huge success for the apple company, although due to its complexity and the cost of the components it was not adopted on a general level, a reality that still exists today.

This is the biometric authentication model that Apple stuck with, but kept Touch ID on the iPhone SE, which will soon change because The 2024 model is expected to make the leap to full-screen editing and Face ID. According to Chinese sources, this will mean the definitive end of Touch ID and the cessation of production of all components necessary to implement and use the said biometric recognition system. Of course, this would also mean a move to Face ID on Apple’s “budget” iPad.

With the disappearance of Apple’s Touch ID It will end an era that was certainly revolutionary in its time, and this marked an important leap in terms of safety and convenience for users. Personally, I have to say that after trying Touch ID and Face ID, I find the latter much more convenient. Its next evolution will be, as we know, its integration under the smartphone screen.