A code leak indicates that a future Apple Watch could have Touch ID unlocking capabilities instead of users relying on a PIN.
Apple has been using biometric security across its main lines for quite some time, but it has so far declined to do so for the Apple Watch. If a report about code snippets is correct, that could eventually change.
According to internal code seen by Macworld, Apple has been working on adding biometric security to the Apple Watch. In some places, there are mentions of “AppleMesa,” which happens to be Apple’s internal codename for Touch ID itself.
Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible
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