Apple iOS 7 Beta 4 Includes Fingerprint Sensor

Apple appears to be prepping its next-generation iPhone with a fingerprint sensor.

Developer Hamza Sood tweeted the news on Monday, revealing that iOS 7 beta 4 includes a fingerprint sensor on the home button.

Sood posted a screenshot of the new “BiometricKitUI” folder (below), which contains code meant for users who’ve enabled iOS VoiceOver. The text inside indicates that a biometric sensor will be embedded into the phone’s Home button.

According to an unnamed 9to5Mac source, the user interface for the fingerprint scanning system is complete; the technology is reportedly intended to help unlock the phone. It is unclear, however, whether the function will also be used for a rumored Apple payment system or be integrated into Passbook or other built-in apps.

Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Don’t ditch your Android phone just yet — not all beta features make it to the final product, which will be released this fall.

Cupertino unveiled iOS 7 during last month’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), calling it “the biggest change to iOS since the iPhone.” New details include flatter icons, a lock-screen-accessible notification center, and multi-tasking for all apps, among other updates to Siri, the camera, and iTunes.

Previous beta versions of iOS 7 have included iPad support and message upgrades.

Apple remains tight-lipped about upcoming hardware. However, an image floating around Chinese websites suggests the rumored low-cost iPhone might be known as the iPhone 5C. A labor report out of China yesterday, meanwhile, also tipped a cheaper iPhone.

These rumors come amidst reports that Apple is conducting in-house testing of larger iPhone and iPad screens, as well as the possibility of an iPhone launch delay due to the switch to a larger phone display.

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German Woman Gives Birth to GIANT Baby

A baby born Friday in Germany is the country’s largest-ever, at 13.47 pounds and 22.6 inches long.

Baby girl Jasleen arrived July 26 at University Hospital in Leipzig. Though babies of her size are often delivered via Cesarean section, Jasleen’s mother gave birth vaginally.

The mother had a previously undiagnosed case of gestational diabetes, doctors discovered. The condition usually develops around the 24th week of pregnancy and can lead to larger-than-average newborn size.

Both daughter and mother are doing well after the birth, though Jasleen remains in the neonatal care unit, doctors said, according to the German newspaper Der Spiegel.

Jasleen takes the title of Germany’s biggest baby from a 13-pound boy named Jihad, born in Berlin in 2011.

In March, a British mother gave birth vaginally to a 15 lb., 7 oz. baby boy named George.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the heaviest baby ever was born to Anna Bates of Canada in 1879. The 7’5″ mother and her 7’11″ husband welcomed a 23 lb. 12 oz. baby boy, but he died 11 hours later.