Facial Recognition With Windows Hello!

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At the Windows Hardware Engineering Community summit on Wednesday, Terry Myerson, executive vice president of Windows, Microsoft Corp., announced that Windows 10 will launch in 190 countries and 111 languages around the world this summer. Recent reviews of the OS has been nothing but good with many appreciating the ease of usability and thoughtful inclusions.  One of the new features is Windows Hello, unveiled on stage for the first time via a Lenovo ThinkPad YOGA 15 with this hardware and device manufacturers have many opportunities to take advantage of new innovations in Windows 10, which can offer a more personal and secure experience for people and enterprises. Lenovo has also confirmed joining the Windows 10 smartphone ecosystem and will be releasing new devices on the OS in mid 2015.

Windows Hello enables people to use their face, iris or fingerprint to verify identity and access their devices, supported websites and services more quickly and safely. Biometric data is only secured locally on the device and shared with no one but you. Windows Hello will be available from hardware partners that deliver Windows Hello-capable devices with Windows 10. Spurring availability, Microsoft was joined by Intel to announce that all OEM systems incorporating the Intel  RealSense Technology F200 sensor will fully support Windows Hello, including automatic sign-in to Windows.

 

 

 

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