Apple’s upcoming iOS 5 will include some new facial recognition software, 9to5Mac reports, courtesy of the company’s 2010 purchase of Swedish company Polar Rose. The algorithms designed by Polar Rose have spawned tech called CIFaceFeature and CIDetector that could soon be part of a myriad of everyday apps. The prospect of app integration is suggested by Apple’s announcement that it plans to open the face detection software as a public developer API. OS X Lion’s Photobooth is already using some of the tech.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has plans to acquire a Swedish facial recognition company called Polar Rose. The facial recognition software created by Polar Rose can be used in the cloud, Android platform, iPhone platform, or on a computer.