It will allow users to log in with the touch of their thumb

May 22, 2015 00:38 GMT  ·  By

There are quite a few smartphones available on the market that include fingerprint scanners. The trend kicked off a few years ago and fingerprint scanners have already become mainstream.

Every handset maker that wants to make their product stand out adds a fingerprint scanner nowadays.

Then they the pour some money in marketing campaigns meant to raise the hype for the upcoming device that doesn't really come with anything that could set it apart from other handsets.

Even though there are many smartphones that pack fingerprint scanners these days, few work as intended. Samsung Galaxy S6, for example, has a very good fingerprint scanner, but Galaxy S5's isn't as good as that inside of the current flagship phone.

Google was rumored to include fingerprint scanner inside its latest Nexus 6 smartphone, but sources close to the matter confirmed that by the time the search giant decided to go for it, Apple bought the only company with the best fingerprint scanner technology.

According to ArsTechnica, there was indication last year that Nexus 6 would pack fingerprint scanner, which was found in AOSP.

Even though Samsung and Motorola have their own fingerprint APIs, a standardized one coming from Google would help encourage more companies to adopt the technology.

The new functionality will be announced next week

Since Google was so close to bringing native fingerprint authentication in Android 5.0 Lollipop, it would make sense to assume that the company will announce it next week when Android M is supposed to be revealed.

The folks over at BuzzFeed claim they have inside information that confirms Google will include native fingerprint authentication in Android M.

The new feature will allow users to log in to supported applications and services with the touch of their thumb and without having to fill in their passwords.

With almost a week away of Google I/O, we expect more details on Android M to emerge online, so stay tuned for more updates.