Face ID, Touch ID now Skin ID – next Apple Watch may identify you by your skin texture

A newly published patent for the Apple Watch suggests a novel form of biometric authentication that reads skin texture to identify a user.

Face ID and Touch ID are secure, familiar authentication methods employed by the Cupertino outfit that people trust. The first identifies a person by their facial features, the second by their fingerprint. Most users have grown to appreciate the security of biometric authentication and prefer to use it whenever possible.

It’s fair to say that it’s only going to be a matter of time before this type of authentication makes it into the Apple Watch. This could be Face ID, Touch ID or an all new “wrist biometric sensor” as described in Apple patent...