This year’s anticipated iPad refresh is rumored to expand implementation of Apple’s Touch ID fingerprint sensor beyond the iPhone, bringing it to the next iPad Air and iPad mini. Newly discovered code in the iOS mobile operating system offers further evidence in support of those claims.

Poking around in code for the Touch ID framework in iOS 7.1, Twitter user and developer “UNiCORN” found a reference to Apple’s iPad lineup, potentially suggesting that the next-generation iPad mini and iPad Air may support the company’s fingerprint scanning technology.


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