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CNET News - Full fingerprint sensor support coming to Android

2015-05-28
in am we're taking the opportunity to standardize support for fingerprint in android so it works across a breadth of sensors and devices and exposes a standard API to developers so what does this mean well for one in m you can use your fingerprint to authorize android pay transactions so let's take a look at this in action the user simply touches the fingerprint sensor which unlocks the phone the phone will then make a secure NFC exchange with the payment terminal and then the payment goes through and you get the Android pay notification of the transaction at the top fast and simple with the emily's you could also use your fingerprint to simply unlock your device or make Play Store purchases most importantly any app developer can make use of the new AP is to add fingerprint support to their own apps and we've been working with lots of our App partners on the new fingerprint api's and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive so for example let's take a look at the new target app which is aiming to release later this year now the user is a previously associated their username and password credentials with their fingerprint and that's a simple and popular design pattern we're seeing what app developers now when the user wants to purchase something they just present their fingerprint like so and it will process the payment super easy
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