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Google Biometrics News
Tech giants sued under BIPA over voiceprints used to train AI
Google is facing a new lawsuit under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), accusing the company of training voice AI…
| May 5, 2026 | Google face unlock upgrade may miss Pixel 11 launch: leakGoogle’s upcoming flagship Pixel 11 smartphone is likely to launch without the much-anticipated facial biometrics-based unlock system, known as “Project… |
| Apr 29, 2026 | FIDO Alliance to start work on interoperable standards for agentic commerceThe FIDO Alliance has announced initiatives to develop interoperable standards for agentic interactions and commerce, and it has a new… |
| Apr 17, 2026 | Google investing $5M into LatAM DPI projects through Co-DevelopGoogle has pledged $5 million in support for Latin American governments adopting digital public infrastructure (DPI), including digital IDs and… |
| Mar 22, 2026 | Google tries to calm backlash over Android developer verificationGoogle is trying to defuse one of the sharpest criticisms of its new Android developer verification regime. The company announced… |
| Mar 1, 2026 | Fight over developer ID verification reshapes Android debateLast week, a coalition of civil rights organizations, open source advocates, and digital rights defenders published a sweeping open letter… |
| Feb 18, 2026 | Google tests Project Toscana face unlock system that could rival Apple’s Face IDThere is a great divide in biometrics deployment between Android and iOS devices. The biometrics battleground in the smartphone race… |
| Jan 30, 2026 | How to deploy responsible age checks at scale? Big Tech titans give different answersOne of the more remarkable contrasts at this week’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) panel on age verification comes in a… |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Google expands Identity Check biometrics use with Android updatePhone theft is extremely annoying but it happens. Whether it’s snatched on the street, or stolen after being left somewhere,… |
| Jan 13, 2026 | With Gemini integration, Walmart joins effort to ‘infuse AI into every bit of shopping’It was a matter of time before the large language model (LLM) chatbots we have come to call “AI” became… |
| Dec 4, 2025 | Trulioo becomes part of Google protocol for agentic AI paymentsTrulioo has joined Google’s Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), which aims to establish an open, standardized language for secure payment transactions… |
| Dec 3, 2025 | Google allows biometrics for YouTube likeness detection to be used in AI trainingIn 2025, two of the biggest risks in tech are related. First is the deepfake threat: synthetic media is flooding… |
| Nov 27, 2025 | Meta lobbies Canada’s government to put age assurance at the app store levelMeta is trying to get ahead of the age assurance debate in Canada, with a pitch to the government in… |
| Nov 17, 2025 | Google launches early access for app developer identity verificationGoogle has opened early access to its new identity verification process for developers in its Android Developer Console. The company… |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Google publishes guidance on Play Age Signals API as part of online safety packageGoogle has published a guide on how to use the beta version of its Play Age Signals API to retrieve… |
| Oct 28, 2025 | Google begins rolling out age assurance in app store in response to US lawsAge verification has hit Google’s Play store. Having implemented its age inference system on YouTube, the tech giant has apparently… |
| Oct 14, 2025 | Google settles biometric data privacy lawsuit over attempts to weed out biasGoogle has reached a settlement agreement over its use of an open-source dataset allegedly containing images of people from Illinois… |
| Aug 27, 2025 | Google unveils identity verification rules for Android app developersGoogle is introducing an identity verification requirement for developers to register applications for installation on certified Android devices. The new… |
| Aug 22, 2025 | Google’s Pixel 10 smartphone can deepfake your voice on-deviceAs recruiters, financial institutions and police battle a wave of scams and cybercrime fueled by the imitative power of AI-enabled… |
| Aug 18, 2025 | Google applies age verification algorithm to Google SearchA controversial algorithmic age assurance system that Google has launched on YouTube is reportedly also being incorporated into the company’s… |
Google Industry Insights
Google’s BIPA extraterritoriality dismissal provides key lessons
By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney Utilizing a successful extraterritoriality challenge, Google was recently able to…
| Biometrics will Challenge the Security and Privacy of Social Networking |
