Samsung among the many security features it packs on flagships and premium mid-range phones, it also looking into palm scanning to display password hints and remember them according to the patents it filed. This feature lets users who constantly forget passwords with a hint for their password.
The 42-page patent file which was filed in Korea states that first user need to click a picture of the palm using the rear camera, in order to verify their identity and if the palm lines match with the previous records, then smartphone would display a password hint. The hint won’t be directly displayed on the main home screen, rather it is scattered across the lines in a haphazard manner.
Samsung currently offers facial recognition, fingerprint identification, and pattern and PIN codes and with Palm scanning, it is offering one more security feature. Of Course, there’s no saying that Samsung will ever use this technology or will implement it the way it is depicted, so nothing is certain at the moment.
If anything, Samsung is probably working on its own 3D facial recognition technology to take on Apple iPhone X. That said, the palm scanning is a simple piece of technology that won’t take long, so Samsung might bring it to reality.