Is it possible to access the infrared camera on iPhone X?

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Tomas Andrle picture Tomas Andrle · Nov 8, 2017 · Viewed 8.1k times · Source

According to this picture:

iPhone X sensors

the iPhone X has an infrared camera. It is primarily used for face detection but there are other uses for infrared. Can it be accessed directly?

Answer

xfze picture xfze · Nov 8, 2017

not via the approved iOS API library calls. But undocumented API should be possible if you guess how to do it.

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