Deletions from HomePod, part III: video recording pause, Full HD capture at 240fps, “multibiometric” support and more!

Reprter returning in yet another extraordinary edition with new top secret information straight from the mouse of the year: the leaked firmware from HomePod.

This news bulletin, again, is largely an offer from everyone’s favorite developer, Guilherme Rambo, which continues to scrutinize the most imperceptible details of the system and probably deserves half of the month's profits from the entire blogosphere dedicated to the Apple universe.

What's new in video capture

Let's take a look at these two strings found by Rambo in the HomePod firmware:

No one knows exactly what that means, but the inscription 1080p240 certainly points the finger at one possibility: video recording at the high rate of 240 frames per second in Full HD. Currently, iPhones are capable of recording super slow-motion video, but 240fps are only enabled for 720p captures; the new smartphones should, finally, take the leap perhaps not the one expected.

The most intriguing to note is that the information regarding both the rear and front camera, which could mean that we are about to see an intense upgrade in the component that we use to take our selfies. To be?

Pause / resume video recording on iOS 11?

Another interesting novelty related to video capture is in this discovery by the user @r_idn. At strings highlighted in green speak of PauseRecording and ResumeRecording, which could indicate that the iPhone finally gained a feature already in the competition for about six years: the ability to pause and resume video recordings on the spot.

Finally, our dear Rambo brings yet another intriguing discovery regarding a ModernHDR. HDR, as we well know, can refer to two related but different resources: in the photos, it is a consolidated technology that takes the same photo in several exposures and joins them in a more balanced image; in videos, a relatively new technology that basically improves the colors and the quality of the image.

As the HDR mode is already an old war feature on the iOS camera, the codes above are more likely to refer to video capture which makes a lot of sense, considering that Apple TV should be updated soon with support for 4K resolutions and HDR technology itself. We'll have to wait and see.

MultiBiometrics and the infamous facial scanner

A few years ago, Apple chose a specific type of biometric data to use as a security method on its devices: the user's fingerprint. Now, with the prospect of launching the “iPhone 8”, we live in a sea of ​​doubts if the consolidated Touch ID is replaced by another type of technology, such as 3D facial recognition using ultra-advanced sensors.

Every day, the general consensus really points to the extinction of the fingerprint sensor, but this simple sequence of codes can be a good evidence of the opposite:

The real meaning of the expression MultiBiometrics remains a mystery, but we do not need a genius to affirm that one of the most obvious possibilities is that the “iPhone 8” comes with more than one form of biometric authentication (therefore multi). In this case, is there still a life for Touch ID?

Maybe not, because of this here:

About Pearl ID:

1 – The software definitely supports it for payments2 – Third party apps can use it3 – You can add multiple faces

"Pearl ID", as you may already be familiar, refers to infamous facial recognition technology. The first two points raised by Rambo were already public knowledge, so to speak; the third, however, a novelty: it would be possible to register the faces of other people, as close relatives, to unlock the “iPhone 8”. Maybe MultiBiometrics is referring to that? Luck is out.

In addition, another novelty found by Rambo regarding the facial sensor is in the tweet below:

The strings BackPearlSupported and FrontPearlSupported point to an unventilated possibility: that the recognition system will have components not only on the front of the phone, but also on the back, so that the "iPhone 8" recognizes its owner in any position it may be. In fact, it is not difficult to imagine a device that is perpetually with the sensor on to “feel the presence” of the user at all times, even though we do not know the effect of such technology on the device's battery.

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