Google may be planning to introduce Android M at Google I/O in just another week. At least, Android L debuted at I/O last year, and the I/O 2015 schedule briefly made reference to Android M before a hasty Google revision. We’ve already talked a little about the new features we’d most like to see arrive with this next major version of Android, but what’s still a pipe dream, and what could actually happen? One change that’s picking up some new support is the plan to give Android built-in support for fingerprint scanning hardware.
You can already find a number of noteworthy Androids that offer users fingerprint scanners, but the platform has lacked a native framework for integrating the security they bring across the OS. Some early Nexus 6 code sure made it look like Google was planning to bake fingerprint scanner support into Android, hinting at a broader API, but that dream evaporated as the Nexus 6 launched without such hardware.
The system-wide fingerprint scanner support would reportedly allow developers to let users authenticate themselves with an easy swipe of a finger rather than stumbling with passwords. Granted, that’s what these scanners on current phones already do, but a cross-manufacturer API would just make it that much easier for independent devs to craft apps that take full advantage of that hardware.
Source: BuzzFeed
You can already find a number of noteworthy Androids that offer users fingerprint scanners, but the platform has lacked a native framework for integrating the security they bring across the OS. Some early Nexus 6 code sure made it look like Google was planning to bake fingerprint scanner support into Android, hinting at a broader API, but that dream evaporated as the Nexus 6 launched without such hardware.
The system-wide fingerprint scanner support would reportedly allow developers to let users authenticate themselves with an easy swipe of a finger rather than stumbling with passwords. Granted, that’s what these scanners on current phones already do, but a cross-manufacturer API would just make it that much easier for independent devs to craft apps that take full advantage of that hardware.
Source: BuzzFeed
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