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A zamanin yau, iPhones - ban da iPhone SE 2020 - sun riga sun yi alfahari da aikin ID na Face. Sai dai ba a daɗe ba lokacin da wayoyin hannu na Apple ke da maɓalli na tebur, wanda a ƙarƙashinsa aka ɓoye na'urar firikwensin yatsa mai abin da ake kira Touch ID. A cikin shirinmu na yau na jerin Tarihin Apple, za mu tuna ranar da Apple ya aza harsashin ID na Touch ta hanyar samun AuthenTec.

Siyan AuthenTec a cikin Yuli 2012 ya kashe Apple dala miliyan 356 mai mutunta, tare da kamfanin Cupertino yana samun kayan aikin AuthenTec, software, da duk haƙƙin mallaka. Sakin iPhone 5S, wanda aikin Touch ID ya fara farawa, don haka yana gabatowa ta hanyar tsalle-tsalle da iyakoki. Kwararrun a AuthenTec suna da cikakkiyar ra'ayi game da yadda na'urori masu auna firikwensin yatsa a cikin wayoyin hannu yakamata suyi aiki, amma ba su yi kyau sosai a aikace ba da farko. Amma da zaran AuthenTec ya yi canje-canjen da suka dace ta wannan hanyar, kamfanoni irin su Motorola, Fujitsu da Apple da aka ambata a baya sun nuna sha'awar sabuwar fasahar, inda a ƙarshe Apple ya yi nasara a tsakanin duk masu sha'awar a AuthenTec. Sabbin sabar fasaha iri-iri sun riga sun fara hasashen yadda Apple zai yi amfani da wannan fasaha ba kawai don shiga ba, har ma don biyan kuɗi.

Amma Apple ba shine farkon masana'antar wayoyi ba da ya shigar da tantance hoton yatsa a cikin samfuransa. Na farko a cikin wannan shugabanci shine Motorola, wanda ya samar da Mobility Atrix 2011G da wannan fasaha a cikin 4. Amma a cikin yanayin wannan na'urar, yin amfani da firikwensin bai dace sosai ba kuma mai amfani. Na’urar firikwensin tana a bayan wayar, kuma don tantancewa ya zama dole a rinka sarrafa yatsa a kan firikwensin maimakon kawai a taɓa shi. Bayan ɗan lokaci, duk da haka, Apple ya sami nasarar samar da mafita mai aminci, sauri da dacewa, wanda wannan lokacin ya ƙunshi kawai sanya yatsanka akan maɓallin da ya dace.

Fasahar Touch ID ta fara bayyana a kan iPhone 5S, wanda aka gabatar a cikin 2013. Da farko, ana amfani da ita ne kawai don buɗe na'urar, amma bayan lokaci an gano ana amfani da ita a wasu wurare da dama, da isowar iPhone 6 da iPhone. 6 Plus, Apple ya fara ba da izinin amfani da ID na Touch don tabbatarwa da kuma akan iTunes ko biyan kuɗi ta Apple Pay. Tare da iPhone 6S da 6S Plus, Apple ya gabatar da firikwensin ID na ƙarni na biyu, wanda ke alfahari da saurin dubawa. A hankali, aikin Touch ID ya sami hanyarsa ba kawai zuwa iPads ba, har ma zuwa kwamfyutocin kwamfyutoci daga taron bitar Apple, kuma kwanan nan kuma zuwa Maɓallan Maɓallin Magic waɗanda ke cikin sabbin iMacs.

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