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Unified mobile biometrics: ship faster, support everyone

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Date Published
Author
Stytch Team
Word Count
359
Company Posts That Month
11
Language
English
Hacker News Points
-
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No
Summary

Stytch has introduced a pre-built mobile UI that integrates Touch ID, Face ID, and Android Biometric Prompt, allowing for a seamless biometric authentication experience across iOS and Android devices. This enhancement simplifies the implementation process by consolidating registration, key management, and session creation into a single helper function, reducing the complexity and amount of code required. The system ensures security by storing keys within Secure Enclave or Android Keystore, blocking duplicate registrations, and enabling remote wiping of factors. Available on iOS (v. 0.74.0) and Android (v. 0.48.0), with React Native support in progress, this update emerged from a recent hackathon and aims to provide a consistent user experience with automatic fallback options when biometric sensors are unavailable. Stytch encourages user feedback for further refinement as they continue to enhance this feature.

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