When will we be able to do things like login to bank apps, email, eBay, Amazon, etc with our fingerprint rather than passwords? Or will we?
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I am using a Password managing app that already utilizes the fingerprint scanner, which is fantastic BTW. I suspect that it won't be long before more apps start utilizing the fingerprint API for log-ins.
What app?
so it can't be THAT much work to add it
BofA already added it but it only works for galaxy phones. Pretty frustrating they won't add other devices.
BofA already added it but it only works for galaxy phones. Pretty frustrating they won't add other devices.
That's because they coded that part of it specifically for the Samsung fingerprint readers (which were not using the same APIs as are needed for Marshmallow support).
Cant Miss is on the right track, devices running Marshmallow are a TINY portion of the Android share, and those running Marshmallow AND a fingerprint sensor are an even smaller portion. Developers will code to the most common denominator to get the largest user base. It's unfortunate that those of us on the cutting edge have to wait for those features to get added.
I believe LastPass uses the ImPrint API.
It does.. it's works fairly well. Though, the app fill stuff is still a bit clunky. I'd actually prefer to move away from Lastpass, though. It's a matter of trust and I trust Google with keeping my crap locked up than Lastpass (who recently got sold I think).
Now that it is built into Android, you'll start to see most anything that requires user auth to come into the fold. Every phone will use the same system.
Glad I found this thread... My previous phone was the Galaxy S6 and it allowed me to login to my banking apps using the fingerprint. For some reason I can't my nexus 6p to do the same.When will we be able to do things like login to bank apps, email, eBay, Amazon, etc with our fingerprint rather than passwords? Or will we?
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Glad I found this thread... My previous phone was the Galaxy S6 and it allowed me to login to my banking apps using the fingerprint. For some reason I can't my nexus 6p to do the same.
BoA has it for my Galaxy S6 and iOS but not Nexus. They built the api in for the S6 specifically.
Seems like pretty slow uptake IMO. I keep looking forward to this on my Nexus P but so far zilch. I have probably 10+ apps on iOS that use touch ID. Apple Pay, Chase, BoA, Amazon, Ebay Schwab, even Google Wallet on iOS uses touch ID for goodness sakes.
Snails pace here on android. Nexus imprint is nice but too bad no apps use it...while iOS has apps getting updated every day for touch ID and 3D touch...
And that is PRECISELY the problem with Android fragmentation and really Samsung in general. Samsung goes and does something on their own and it's actually adopted pretty quick by some developers (did Samsung incentivize them?), once the same capability is added to the core Android build it seems to take FOREVER for developers to realize more people can use it and add the new API to their app.