iPhone 8: Apple will swap the real home button for a virtual one in new handset, code suggests

Apple's home button is dead, according to hidden code. The little circle at the bottom of the phone has been the main way of identifying Apple's handsets, at least when they're turned off. But it's about to disappear in the iPhone 8. That's according to code that was accidentally released by Apple. Part of that includes a check on whether a device has a home button – something that was previously unrequired, since every iPhone had one. It's possible that the reference is to other devices that run some form of iOS and don't have a home button, like the Apple TV.