Apple Inc. is looking to add Touch ID to every non-iPod iOS device that will be released this year.
Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst for KGI Industries, said such devices include both versions of the iPhone 6, an updated iPad Mini with Retina display and the second-gen iPad Air, according to CNET.
Kuo added that the company will also improve the Touch ID module's durability.
Apple plans to accomplish this by switching chemicals used in the module, possibly to tin, Apple Insider reported.
Strong sales for iOS devices are expected to increase shipments for Touch ID modules from 36 million last year to 120 million this year, as well as to 233 million in 2015.
The company has decided to keep producing fingerprint sensors for the Touch ID with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), The Inquirer reported.
The announcement matches reports from earlier this month saying TSMC had already made the first collection of Touch ID fingerprint sensors for the iPad Air 2, iPhone 6 and iPad Mini 3.
A report in January said TSMC would start making the sensors in the second quarter of 2014 with a new 12-inch fab processing method, Mac Rumors reported.
A report in February, however, stated that TSMC would be using an 8-inch fingerprint sensor processing method - the same system used for the iPhone 5S.
Kuo also said that XinTec and WLCSP will handle redistribution, and that ASE will take care of packaging, NDTV Gadgets reported.
ASE and Sharp have been mentioned to be taking care of the module, while Japan Unix will handle the wielding process.
The iPhone 5S is currently the only device that features Touch ID. Touch ID is built into the product's home button, CNET reported.
Rumors have surfaced about Apple releasing a 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and a 5.4 or 5.5-inch iPhone Air later this year.
