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Definition: Touch ID


Apple's mobile fingerprint reader starting with the iPhone 5c and 5s and iPad mini 3. The device's home button is the Touch ID scanner. Starting with the iPhone X and third-generation iPad Pro, Touch ID gave way to Face ID, which scans the user's face to unlock the device. See Face ID, iPhone X and iPad.