A patent application filed by Apple imagines putting a fingerprint sensor inside a smartwatch's power button, behind the digital crown, or beneath the screen.
If you’ve ever wished for some sort of biometric authentication system on the Apple Watch, you’re not alone. Apple engineers, too, are imagining ways to put the Touch ID fingerprint sensor on the Apple Watch. At least according to a patent application, that is.
Interestingly, the patent application imagines putting a fingerprint sensor assembly inside the digital crown. The crown would retain its rotating functionality, while the static portion in the middle will have a Touch ID sensor hidden behind the flat contact surface. As per the unsurprisingly jargon-heavy description section, a fingerprint sensor on an Apple Watch can “unlock an electronic device, authorize a transaction, send an alert, and/or enable applications running on the electronic device.” If that sounds vague, let me elaborate on a few of those scenarios.
Then there is the convenience aspect. You will no longer have to enter a passcode or PIN to authenticate a payment. However, Apple is not the only smartwatch maker that wants to put a biometric authentication system on a snazzy timepiece.
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