Say goodbye to remembering long passwords.<\/p>\n
The next version of Android\u00a0\u2014 tentatively called Android M \u2014 will reportedly include “native fingerprint authentication,” according to a report from BuzzFeed<\/em>.<\/p>\n With fingerprint authentication baked right into the mobile operating system, users will be to “log in to all of the supported applications on their Android devices without entering a password,” the report states.<\/p>\n Google is expected to announce the feature at its annual Google I\/O developer conference that will be held from May 28 to 29 in San Francisco.<\/p>\n iOS users with TouchID-equipped devices know all about the convenience of using a fingerprint instead of entering a password. Not only is it faster, but it’s also more secure.<\/p>\n Fingerprint authentication will require a device with a fingerprint sensor, though.<\/span><\/p>\n There aren’t many Android devices that have fingerprint sensors right now \u2014 the Samsung Galaxy Note 4,S6\/S6 Edge and HTC One Max are a few that come to mind \u2014 but that will likely change soon.<\/p>\n A fingerprint sensor was originally planned for the Nexus 6, but Google scrapped the feature at the last minute when it couldn’t get a first-class supplier. Apple reportedly gobbled up all of the sensors Google wanted.<\/p>\n In addition to replacing annoying passwords, fingerprints can be used for mobile payments.<\/p>\n Apple Pay has already proven to be a hit and Samsung Pay hopes to replicate the same success.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source:\u00a0mashable.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Say goodbye to remembering long passwords. The next version of Android\u00a0\u2014 tentatively called Android M \u2014 will reportedly include “native fingerprint authentication,” according to a report from BuzzFeed. With fingerprint authentication baked right into the mobile operating system, users will be to “log in to all of the supported applications on their Android devices without […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":118951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-118950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dr-akwasi-osei"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/118951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}