Google brings fingerprint support on Chrome beta for Android and Mac

The latest update for Chrome beta is bringing an extra layer of security for Android and Mac devices. The app will use Android fingerprint sensors and the MacBook Pro’s Touch ID sensors for biometrics. It isn’t indicated though if other biometric security options like Windows Hello fingerprint scanners or Touch ID on older iOS devices will be supported as well.

Chrome 70 beta brings with it some other features, too. It’ll exit full-screen mode when dialog boxes for payments, authentication prompts, or file pickers show up so you get a better view of what you’re filling out. Web Bluetooth support comes to Windows 10, letting Chrome communicate with other nearby Bluetooth devices. There’s also a new experimental Shape Detection API that will let you identify barcodes, QR codes, text in images, and faces, among other things.

Source: The Verge