If the iPhone 17 gets this rumored Face ID upgrade, I'll never call Apple unoriginal again

• Apple has been granted a patent for a new technology that may enable in-display Face ID
• The process described removes tiny parts of the display to allow infrared passthrough
• This tracks with years-old rumors of the feature launching with the iPhone 17

Apple has been granted a patent for a new technology that may finally enable the long-rumored embedding of an under-display Face ID system in the iPhone, perhaps as soon as the iPhone 17 series.

The patent details a new possible workaround to the issue of getting infrared light – which Face ID uses to scan and verify your face – through the pixels beneath the glass of a phone screen.

Essentially, Apple’s latest idea is to remove only a piece of each individual pixel affected, called a subpixel. Subpixels display either red, green, or blue light, which combine to form one of millions of colors at viewing distance.

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