Apple released Touch ID, a biometric fingerprint scanner embedded in Apple products, in 2013, and it has influenced the global market for mobile biometrics to grow to over $14 billion since. Today, 80% use biometrics to unlock their mobile devices. 68% of biometric users secure their iPhones with the technology, 25% are Android users, 12% secure their laptops with biometrics, and 11% do the same for their tablets. Interestingly enough, 42% won’t use banking apps that lack biometric authentication. Along with this, 57% of today’s apps feature a biometric login option.
Overall, Americans prefer fingerprint scanners as their method of security - 63%, in fact. 14% prefer the route of facial recognition, 8% are still dedicated to their passwords and pins, and 2% use voice recognition software.
Additionally, 48% have authenticated a mobile payment with biometrics, through apps such as Google Pay, Apple Pay, Cash App, and Venmo. 63% want to use biometrics to authorize payments when shopping in street-side stores. 70% of Americans consider biometrics easier to use, and 46% say biometrics offer improved security. An analysis of what makes biometrics tough to hack, if biometrics can be faked, and instances of biometrics failing, can be found by reading more below.
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