Kukhulunywa okuningi muva nje mayelana nokuthi kungenzeka yini ukuthi i-iPhone 8 ibe ne-Touch ID noma ingabi nayo. Izinkinga inkampani ebhekene nazo ukuze ikwazi ukukusebenzisa ngaphansi kwesikrini kubonakala sengathi iphoqe inkampani ukuthi icabange kabusha isikhundla sayo noma isuse ngokuphelele. Umhlaziyi ngamunye uqinisekisa okuhlukile. Uma i-Apple ekugcineni iyisusa, into engingabaza kakhulu ngayo, Kungadidiyela uhlelo lokuqaphela ubuso oluzovumela ukubona umnikazi ofanele nokuvula i-iPhone. Yebo, kubonakala sengathi lobu buchwepheshe buzophinde bufinyelele kuma-Macs, ngokwemininingwane yelungelo lobunikazi lakamuva elitholakele.
Ukuba wusizo kwenzwa ebona ubuso bethu ku-iPhone kunzima ukukukholelwa nokuningi ongakusebenzisa, ngaphandle kokuthi ukuvula i-iPhone kufanele sikubeke sengathi sizothatha i-selfie. Kodwa-ke, kwi-Mac kwenza wonke umqondo emhlabeni futhi kungakuvumela ukuthi ungeze ibhonasi yokuphepha engalokothi ibe mbi nhlobo. Ngokusho kwePatent Apple, lobu buchwepheshe bungafinyelela kumaMacs ukuze ngezici ezahlukahlukene zokubona, ukwazile ukuvulela ukufinyelela kuyo. Lo msebenzi ungaba mnandi lapho idivayisi ilele futhi sifuna ukuwusebenzisa futhi ngaphandle kokuthayipha iphasiwedi, silethe i-Apple Watch noma ucindezele ku-Touch ID.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukusebenza kwayo kungafana nalokho kwe-Touch ID ye-MacBook Pro, okuthi ngokusho kwabasebenzisi abacindezela iminwe bavule i-akhawunti eyodwa noma enye. Kulokhu, kuzokwenzeka into efanayo ngqo, lapho ivula iMac izobona ubuso bomsebenzisi bese ivula iseshini ngokuzenzakalela. Lolu hlelo lokuhlonza luyi efanayo naleyo esetshenziswe yiMicrosoft kumamodeli wakamuva weSurface futhi yakhelwe kuzinketho zokuphepha zeWindows Hello. Lolu hlelo lusebenzisa ikhamera ye-Intel Real Sense ethola ubukhulu bezinto ezintathu ukugwema ukukwazi ukuvula ukufinyelela ngesithombe.