iPhone 18 Pro hides Face ID beneath the display, shrinking the Dynamic Island
9to5Mac reports Apple has moved the iPhone 18 Pro’s Face ID system under the display by thinning pixel density above the module and boosting brightness, a change it says helps shrink the Dynamic Island and support three Live Activities.
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Apple has embedded the iPhone 18 Pro’s Face ID module beneath the display, 9to5Mac reports, advancing the company’s long-running goal of pushing more front-facing hardware out of view. The report says Apple created larger gaps between pixels so infrared light can pass through the screen, reduced pixel density over the module by half, and increased brightness in that area to offset the change. An IR pass filter reportedly helps keep the components hidden in normal use. The result, per 9to5Mac, is a smaller Dynamic Island that can show three Live Activities instead of two. The front-facing camera is still expected to move under the display later, but 9to5Mac says image-quality compromises remain too high for now.
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