"It's the most effortless way of authenticating," said Joe Palmer, chief innovation officer at iProov, a global technology company focused on biometric verification and authentication. If you think about how many times you unlock a phone in a day, even if it takes you a second and you're unlocking the phone 100 times a day, it adds up, he said. "I don't think we're going to see an evolution beyond face anytime soon," he added.
Still, technology and cybersecurity professionals say fingerprint scanning technology has plenty of life left — and Apple itself is likely to offer the option in future device releases, including smartphones.