Will Apple sell its Touch ID and Face ID technology to automakers?
The smartphone world credits Apple for democratizing fingerprint-sensing technology when it released theiPhone 5Swith Touch ID in 2013. The feature has appeared on many devices since, and a recently published patent application suggests Apple wants it to spread across the automotive industry as a replacement for the old-fashioned car key. Uncovered byRoadshow, the application was filed in 2017, but it wasn’t published until February 2019. It uses engineering jargon tooutlinea “system and method for vehicle authorization” that lets motorists lock or unlock a car using a technology like Touch ID or Face ID....