Goode Intelligence predicts that by the end of 2015 there will be 619 million people using biometrics on their mobile devices. This not only refers to fingerprint biometrics but other modalities including voice, eye, facial and behavioural biometrics.
The consumerisation of biometrics is making mobile device protection and identity verification more convenient. Alan Goode, founder of Goode Intelligence said "Apple has shown the market how to deploy biometrics into consumer electronic devices with its Touch ID fingerprint solution on the Apple 5s.''
''Apple's flagship smartphone has proved a very popular device with consumers, outselling the less expensive iPhone 5c that ships without Touch ID. Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, believes that the Apple 5s has proved so popular because Touch ID is a ‘major feature that has excited people'."
Goode Intelligence believes that this is just the start of the trend for embedding biometric sensors and services into consumer electronic devices and it will have a transformational effect on how we interact with technology and digital services. The next stages of consumer biometrics will create solutions that are more intelligent and seamless with the technology that they are being deployed to. This includes embedding fingerprint sensors within touch screens and touch pads; the next generation of consumer fingerprint sensor - Invisible Touch.
Positioning the fingerprint sensor underneath, or within the touch screen enables mobile device Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) to remove physical buttons. It also retains the convenient method of touching a finger on the front of a mobile device for identification.
