The iPhone 8 will be able to tell when owner is looking at it, leak suggests

More details have been revealed about the highly anticipated iPhone 8 by software leaks from Apple, including the device's ability to mute notifications when it detects you are looking at it. While the name and precise release date of the next big change to the Apple's iPhone, dubbed the D22 iPhone, is unknown the leaked software for Apple's upcoming HomePod smart speaker has already revealed what the phone will look like, that it will have face recognition and other details. Now further analysis by Brazilian Apple site iHelp BR has found suggestions that the iPhone 8's face recognition feature is designed to work when the smartphone is flat on a desk and doesn't require the device to be held up at head height to unlock the phone with a face. One of the criticisms of current face and iris recognition technology, as employed by the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Microsoft's Windows Hello-enabled Surface computers, is that it must be either brought up to eye level to work or must be angled in such a way that it can clearly see the whole of your face. Should Apple have designed a way to allow the infra-red based face recognition system to work at a much wider angle, including flat on a desk, it could go some way to alleviating the issues plaguing current iterations of the technology.