California-based interface solutions firm Synaptics has unveiled a USB based fingerprint add-on for PCs and laptops.The Windows Hello-compliant device can be installed in any notebook USB port.Following a simple user enrollment procedure, secure authentication is completed with a single touch of a finger, enabling swift PC access and the full use of Windows Hello and Microsoft Passport. Synaptics Natural ID solutions are FIDO Certified (Fast IDentity Online), providing broad compliance with an industry-wide ecosystem of products.”Notebook buying cycles are historically much longer when compared to smartphones, and Synaptics' new USB-based fingerprint solution provides a cost effective and simple entry point to what I estimate to be 500 million Windows 10 systems via Windows Hello and Microsoft Passport by the end of 2016,” said Patrick Moorhead, president and principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy.Synaptics' has announced that this new USB dongle will sample in Q3 CY16 with mass production expected in Q4 CY16.
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