Touch ID

**Touch ID** is a electronic fingerprint scanner feature made by Apple Inc. It was used in smartphones, laptops, keyboards, desktop computers and tablet computers.

## History

On 20 September 2013, the iPhone 5s became the first iPhone to have a Touch ID. On 23 September 2013, the iPhone 5s was hacked Touch ID by Chao Computer Club.

On 3 December 2013, iPhone 5S has a problem with Touch ID. On 22 February 2025, the iPhone SE (3rd generation) became the last iPhone to have a Touch ID.

## Works

People must touch and grip home button or power button to unlock their devices.

On iPhone and iPad, they can adds five more fingerprint scanners.

### First generation

|Model|data-sort-type="date"|Announced|
| --- | --- | --- |
|iPhone 5s|September 10, 2013||
|iPhone SE (1st generation)|March 21, 2016||
|iPhone 6 & 6 Plus|September 9, 2014||
|iPad Pro 12.9-inch|September 9, 2015||
|iPad Pro 9.7-inch|March 21, 2016||
|iPad Air 2|rowspan="2"|October 16, 2014|
|iPad Mini 3|||
|iPad Mini 4|September 9, 2015||
|iPad (5th generation)|March 24, 2017||
|iPad (6th generation)|March 27, 2018||
|iPad (7th generation)|September 10, 2019||
|iPad (8th generation)|September 15, 2020||
|iPad (9th generation)|September 14, 2021||

### Second generation

|Model|data-sort-type="date"|Announced|
| --- | --- | --- |
|iPhone 6s & 6s Plus|September 9, 2015||
|iPhone 7 & 7 Plus|September 7, 2016||
|iPhone 8 & 8 Plus|September 12, 2017||
|iPad Pro (2nd generation)|June 5, 2017||
|iPad Air (3rd generation)|rowspan="2"|March 18, 2019|
|iPad Mini (5th generation)|||
|iPhone SE (2nd generation)|April 15, 2020||
|iPhone SE (3rd generation)|March 8, 2022||
|MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)|rowspan="2"|October 27, 2016|
|MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)|||
|MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)|rowspan="2"|June 5, 2017|
|MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017)|||
|MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2018, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)|rowspan="2"|July 12, 2018|
|MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018)|||
|MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2018)|October 30, 2018||
|MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)|rowspan="2"|May 21, 2019|
|MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2019)|||
|MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2019)|July 9, 2019||
|MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019)|November 13, 2019||
|MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2020)|March 18, 2020||
|MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)|May 4, 2020||
|MacBook Air (M1, 2020)|rowspan="2"|November 10, 2020|
|MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020)|||
|MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021)|rowspan="2"|October 18, 2021|
|MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021)|||
|iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021)|rowspan="3"|April 20, 2021|
|Magic Keyboard with Touch ID|||
|Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad|||
|MacBook Air (M2, 2022)|rowspan="2"|June 6, 2022|
|MacBook Pro (M2, 2022)|||
|MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2023)|rowspan="2"|January 17, 2023|
|MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2023)|||
|MacBook Air (15-inch, M2, 2023)|June 5, 2023||
|iMac (24-inch, M3, 2023)|rowspan="3"|October 30, 2023|
|MacBook Pro (14-inch, Nov 2023)|||
|MacBook Pro (16-inch, Nov 2023)|||
|MacBook Air (13-inch, M3, 2024)|rowspan="2"|March 4, 2024|
|MacBook Air (15-inch, M3, 2024)|||

### Third generation

|Model|data-sort-type="date"|Announced|
| --- | --- | --- |
|iPad Air (4th generation)|September 15, 2020||
|iPad Mini (6th generation)|September 14, 2021||
|iPad Air (5th generation)|March 8, 2022||
|iPad (10th generation)|October 18, 2022||
|iPad Air (6th generation)|May 7, 2024||
|iPad Mini (7th generation)|October 23, 2024||
|iPad (11th generation)|March 12, 2025||

## Security

Touch ID can be easily escaped by using passcode. On June 2024, iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 can be hard to escape locked and hidden apps.