Apple's iOS 11.3 hints at iPad with facial recognition tech
Apple could redesign its iPad Pro line to include FaceID.
Óscar Gutiérrez/CNETClues for the next iPad may be hiding in Apple's latest mobile software.
Filipe Esposito, editor in chief of iHelpBR, tweeted that he found a reference to an "iPad_Modern" in the code for the developer preview of iOS 11.3.
The iPhone X used the placeholder term "Modern iPhone," suggesting that this iPad could get the same kind of features as the top-tier iPhone. Bloomberg had previously reported that Apple was working to create an iPad with thinner bezels and the use of its facial recognition FaceID system.
Yep, there’s definitely some references to a “Modern iPad” inside iOS 11.3. pic.twitter.com/JHHone2R1D
— Filipe Espósito (@filipekids) January 25, 2018
While Apple has upgraded the iPad line with its higher end Pro version, the tablets continue to see little growth with consumers opting for more higher end PCs or sticking with smartphones with larger screens.
Apple wasn't immediately available for comment.