Amaya Toman Namuhla, ama-iPhones - ngaphandle kwe-iPhone SE 2020 - asevele aziqhayisa ngomsebenzi we-Face ID. Kodwa akubanga kudala lapho omakhalekhukhwini bakwa-Apple befakwe inkinobho yedeskithophu, ngaphansi kwayo kufihlwe inzwa yezigxivizo zeminwe ebizwa ngokuthi yiTouch ID function. Esitolimendeni sanamuhla sochungechunge lwethu Lomlando we-Apple, sizokhumbula usuku lapho i-Apple yabeka isisekelo se-Touch ID ngokuthola i-AuthenTec.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Ukuthengwa kwe-AuthenTec ngoJulayi 2012 kwabiza i-Apple izigidi ezihloniphekile ezingu-356 zamaRandi, nenkampani yaseCupertino ithola i-Hardware ye-AuthenTec, isofthiwe, nawo wonke amalungelo obunikazi. Ukukhishwa kwe-iPhone 5S, lapho umsebenzi we-Touch ID wenze khona ukuqalwa kwawo, ngaleyo ndlela kusondela ngokugxuma nemingcele. Ochwepheshe bakwa-AuthenTec babenombono ocacile wokuthi izinzwa zeminwe kuma-smartphone kufanele zisebenze kanjani, kodwa azizange zenze kahle kakhulu ekuqaleni. Kodwa ngokushesha nje lapho i-AuthenTec yenze izinguquko ezifanele kulokhu, izinkampani ezifana ne-Motorola, i-Fujitsu kanye ne-Apple okukhulunywe ngayo ngenhla zabonisa isithakazelo kubuchwepheshe obusha, i-Apple yagcina iphumelele phakathi kwazo zonke izinhlangano ezinentshisekelo ku-AuthenTec. Izinhlobonhlobo zamaseva zobuchwepheshe seziqalile ukubikezela ukuthi i-Apple izosebenzisa kanjani lobu buchwepheshe hhayi nje ukungena ngemvume, kodwa futhi nezinkokhelo.
Kepha i-Apple bekungeyena umkhiqizi wokuqala we-smartphone ukufaka ubuqiniso bezigxivizo zeminwe emikhiqizweni yayo. Eyokuqala kule ndlela kwakuyi-Motorola, eyahlomisa i-Mobility Atrix 2011G yayo ngalobu buchwepheshe ngo-4. Kodwa endabeni yale divayisi, ukusebenzisa inzwa kwakungelula kakhulu futhi kuyasebenza. Inzwa ibitholakala ngemuva kwefoni, futhi ukuze kuqinisekiswe futhi bekudingeka ukuthi udlulise umunwe phezu kwenzwa esikhundleni sokumane uyithinte. Nokho, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, i-Apple ikwazile ukuqhamuka nesixazululo esasiphephile, esisheshayo futhi esikahle, futhi kulokhu okwakuhlanganisa ukubeka umunwe wakho enkinobheni efanele.
Ubuchwepheshe be-Touch ID baqala ukuvela ku-iPhone 5S, eyethulwa ngo-2013. Ekuqaleni, yayisetshenziselwa ukuvula kuphela idivayisi, kodwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi yathola ukusetshenziswa kwezinye izindawo, kanye nokufika kwe-iPhone 6 ne-iPhone. 6 Plus, i-Apple yaqala ukuvumela ukusetshenziswa kwe-ID yokuthinta ukuze kuqinisekiswe futhi ku-iTunes noma ukukhokha nge-Apple Pay. Nge-iPhone 6S ne-6S Plus, i-Apple yethule inzwa ye-ID yesizukulwane sesibili, eyaziqhayisa ngesivinini esiphezulu sokuskena. Kancane kancane, umsebenzi we-Touch ID awutholanga indlela yawo kuma-iPads kuphela, kodwa nakumalaptops avela endaweni yokusebenzela yakwa-Apple, futhi muva nje nakuMagic Keyboards ayingxenye yama-iMac akamuva.
