Apple wants to bring Touch ID to its watches starting next year

20 August 2025
It would make payments more secure and more hassle-free.

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you have to suffer, 20 Aug 2025“who needs touch ID anyway? Face ID is much more reliable!!... moreI've always had touch id on my apple macbooks...

    samsung-user, 21 Aug 2025if you cant unlock the watch then the hand is too big anywa... moresome cases they mistyped a pin, could've ended up their watch locked.

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      • pkn
      • 21 Aug 2025

      you have to suffer, 21 Aug 2025unless if you have skinny fingers, then it made sense. if you cant unlock the watch then the hand is too big anyway to use a watch, which is NOT the case for 99% of users

        samsung-user, 20 Aug 2025whats the point? the pin password never fails and the wrist... moreunless if you have skinny fingers, then it made sense.

          Anonymous, 20 Aug 2025I'm wondering why do they call their watch a watch and... moreBasically the "iWatch" was already taken and trademarked

            This is what I really want on my future Galaxy Watch. Gonna make unlocking and Samsung Pay a lot more convenient. FYI for anyone curious, both Apple and Samsung have filed a patent for embedding fingerprint sensors into their smart watches since 2018, and both filed for in-display fingerprint sensors or built into a button.

            The reason both companies haven't yet accomplish to put any fingerprint sensor into their watches is simply because the current buttons on their watches (Apple's Crown/Side Key, and Samsung's Back/Home key) houses electrode and are being used for health measurements, and it conflicts with a fingerprint sensor.

            Either they have to put another button solely for a fingerprint sensor (I doubt it, or else they would have done it long ago), or find a way to include both the electrode sensor + fingerprint sensor within the same button.

              It would be great if Apple added a fingerprint sensor under the screen or on a button on the watch. Even with a passcode, fingerprint biometrics make some actions more practical.

              In my opinion, even the iPhone could have a fingerprint sensor again, even with Face ID. It would be an EXTRA LAYER of security. It would be even better if the user could choose which biometrics to use for different situations, either individually or in combination.

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                • Anonymous
                • YUU
                • 20 Aug 2025

                Touch ID are basically on iPad and MacBook Pro and some Apple Keyboard for the Macs. What nonsense you people are talking about?! 🙄🤦🏻‍♂️

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                  • Anonymous
                  • rKR
                  • 20 Aug 2025

                  Anonymous, 20 Aug 2025I'm wondering why do they call their watch a watch and... moreumm.... miss minutes?

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                    • Lister
                    • pLY
                    • 20 Aug 2025

                    It's hilarious how commenters here post made up quotes from Apple or their users without any source. It's a meme that was imagined from the very start by the haters haha

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                      • Anonymous
                      • y2e
                      • 20 Aug 2025

                      Well, well, well! How the turntables...

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                        • Anonymous
                        • mTV
                        • 20 Aug 2025

                        I'm wondering why do they call their watch a watch and not something else??? Some other fancy term for their watch😜😜😜😜

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                            • Anonymous
                            • tu2
                            • 20 Aug 2025

                            Apple will do anything but bringing back the TouchID to the iPhone.

                            They can even integrate it within the camera control button!

                              you have to suffer, 20 Aug 2025“who needs touch ID anyway? Face ID is much more reliable!!... morehe probably was repeating what tim apple said

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                                • pkn
                                • 20 Aug 2025

                                whats the point? the pin password never fails and the wrist detection is good enough

                                  “who needs touch ID anyway? Face ID is much more reliable!!”
                                  > Said one hypothetical Apple fan

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