While Apple’s super-complex Face ID technology implemented into last year’s iPhone X and the entire late 2018 “iFamily”, iPad Pros included, is already extremely reliable and secure, some sort of a biometric upgrade is reportedly in the works to keep fledgling rivals at bay.

But as more and more Android device manufacturers are expected to release their own advanced 3D facial recognition solutions, Apple may need to consider reviving an abandoned feature. As things stand, the absence of a fingerprint scanner from “modern” iPhones is definitely offset by the TrueDepth camera, whose magic ...