Apple finally brought Touch ID to the Mac with the new MacBook Pros last fall, but there's still no official way to log in to a desktop Mac with your fingerprint. Microsoft is introducing a new macOS-compatible Modern Keyboard with what it calls a hidden fingerprint reader.
Our vision was to blend the Fingerprint reader into a keyboard, so it would appear to be any other key.
The unique inclusion on this keyboard, as the product name suggests, is the fingerprint scanner. Many recent laptops include this function in the form of a sensor off to the side of the touchpad.
- Touch ID is an electronic fingerprint recognition feature, designed and released by Apple Inc., that allows users to unlock devices, make purchases in the various Apple digital media stores (the iTunes Store, the App Store, and the Apple Books Store), and authenticate Apple Pay online or in apps.
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- Apple isn't the first company to use this type of fingerprint sensor. Microsoft's Surface Duo and several Samsung Galaxy phones all have a similar biometric setup.
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We iterated relentlessly to improve each layer, making sure they came together to create a flawless typing experience that felt like any other key.
You'll need Windows to enjoy the benefits of having that fingerprint sensor since Apple doesn't open Touch ID features on macOS, but it's an interesting product that ships for the same price as Apple's wireless keyboard with a num pad.
Even Apple's iMac Pro which comes with a special space gray Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad doesn't include Touch ID. Apple store yosemite upgrade. macOS does let Apple Watch unlock Macs which can be more convenient than Touch ID in some instances, but bringing Touch ID to external keyboards would still make sense.
Keyboards aside, Microsoft's Surface general manager called out Apple this week in an interview with Business Insider for what he describes as the iPad Pro following the Surface.
'Think about it, if we had been looking at [Apple] we wouldn't have made a product like Surface Pro or Surface Book,' Gavin said. 'We have been learning and perfecting our products in the 2-in-1 category for years now, [but] when Surface initially launched everyone was skeptical, including them. And then they followed, and the iPad Pro is a clear example of that.'
Microsoft Keyboard With Fingerprint Reader
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