{"id":231504,"date":"2025-10-17T12:43:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T12:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/231504\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T12:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T12:43:09","slug":"face-id-for-mac-remains-distant-despite-years-of-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/231504\/","title":{"rendered":"Face ID for Mac Remains Distant Despite Years of Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite years of rumors suggesting Apple is working on Macs with Face ID<\/a> instead of Touch ID<\/a>, the technology isn’t coming any time soon, according to Bloomberg<\/a>‘s Mark Gurman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Gurman claims that Apple is aiming to shift from \u200cTouch ID\u200c to \u200cFace ID\u200c in the Mac line, but the change “remains years away.”<\/p>\n

Gurman and others<\/a> have incorrectly predicted \u200cFace ID\u200c for Macs several times over the past five years. In 2021, Gurman said he’d bet Face ID<\/a> would come to the Mac “within a couple of years.” In the same year, he said Apple planned to add \u200cFace ID\u200c to the M1 iMac<\/a>, but did not end up doing so. In 2022, he said Apple had “definitely” been working on Face ID<\/a> for Macs, but “time will tell if they launch it.”<\/p>\n

Gurman did not provide any new information about \u200cFace ID\u200c for the Mac today than he did in 2021 when he first mentioned it, so the feature may remain “years away” for the next decade.<\/p>\n

In 2021, Apple marketing VP Tom Boger said that there’s no Face ID on the Mac<\/a> because \u200cTouch ID\u200c is more convenient. Users’ hands are already on the keyboard, so Apple feels that \u200cTouch ID\u200c makes more sense. It’s possible Apple’s thinking on the matter will shift when touch screen Macs come out<\/a> in late 2026 or 2027.<\/p>\n

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