Soon after the iPhone 13 launched, restore consultants discovered that swapping out iPhone 13 screens would break Face ID until you additionally moved over a tiny management chip from the unique display screen. It’s a posh course of that makes one of the vital frequent sorts of repairs prohibitively tough for unbiased restore retailers. (Apple-authorized restore retailers, then again, have entry to a software program instrument that may make a telephone settle for a brand new display screen.) For indie restore retailers, issues could get simpler quickly, nevertheless, as Apple tells The Verge it should launch a software program replace that does not require you to switch the microcontroller to maintain Face ID working after a display screen swap.

The present switch process appears to be fairly difficult, requiring time, particular gear, and the flexibility to microsolder. For many unbiased restore retailers that will depend on display screen repairs as a key line of income, the method is probably going prohibitively tough and could possibly be damaging to their enterprise. iFixit detailed the state of affairs at size in an article final week, and you’ll watch a video of the microcontroller transfer process here.

Apple didn’t specify precisely when the software program replace will arrive.