People are getting an uneasy feeling about Amazon’s Astro
A wheeled, facial recognition-armed robot being sold as a security dog, a family member and a pet monitor is being…
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Biometric Update regularly authors news about consumer electronics. The following set of links is available to assist you with finding biometrics news regarding consumer electronics. Additional topics may be explored by accessing our entire Biometrics Topics list.
Trio of Apple patent filings describe biometrics innovations for various devices
Apple has had a trio of patent applications published which describe biometrics applications on a variety of iDevices. Each patent…
Fingerprint Cards gets its biometric sensors in new round of laptops, smartphones
Fingerprint Cards announced the integration of its biometric match-on-chip PC solution into Dynabook’s Satellite C30-K laptop. According to Fingerprint Cards,…
Biometrics integration, consortium promise easier secure online transactions in Europe
Large-scale biometrics collaborations and global projects drew the top headlines on Biometric Update this week, with OneSpan integrating with BankID…
Facial recognition coming to Lincoln Corsair as partnerships formed for automotive biometrics
Several companies in the automotive space have recently unveiled new partnerships or products showcasing the potential of biometrics in the…
Fingerprint biometrics still reign in consumer electronics, but Android facing forward
Integration of biometric security — particularly fingerprints — into consumer electronics devices continues. And more smartphones also appear set to…
Apple event: iPhone 14 Pro reframes Face ID array, new temperature sensor for Apple Watch 8
Apple unveiled its new iPhone 14 lineup at its ‘Far Out’ fall event on Wednesday, alongside all the features of…
Researcher demonstrates biometric data theft from smart lock with droplock hack
Biometric smart locks used in internet of things deployments can be hacked through their wireless connectivity capabilities, according to a…
Google puts multimodal biometrics unlock on Pixels, Samsung gets faster fingerprint sensor
Several big names in smartphones have unveiled updates (or have been the object of rumors) regarding new biometrics within their…
Has Amazon got a reality show for you! And you’re the camera operator.
What if all the talk in the United States about one’s right to biometric privacy is limited to advocates, academics,…
