Samsung mobiles will be able to unlock Windows 10 thanks to Windows Hello

  • The Windows 10 Creators Update will include support for Android phones, starting with Samsung.
  • The Samsung Galaxy S8 will be the first Android device to use Windows Hello.
  • Windows Hello allows you to unlock your PC using your mobile's fingerprint sensor.
  • Microsoft has released an API for more brands to implement Windows Hello on their devices.

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Today's central topic is undoubtedly the new Windows 10 update that will appear before the end of 2017. This is important, but the compatibility of Android phones with Windows Hello may be more important.

Apparently, with the arrival of Creators Update, the big update that will arrive next April, Samsung will launch an update to its devices that will make such models compatible with Windows Hello security systemCuriously, the arrival of the new Samsung Galaxy S8 is expected in the month of April, so it is possibly the arrival of this device that will launch the update and with it the possibility of using Windows Hello.

The Samsung Galaxy S8 may be the first Android mobile to support Windows Hello

Windows Hello is a security system that locks or unlocks devices depending on the users present, fingerprints, etc ... The compatibility with Samsung mobiles will make it possible for us to unlock our Windows 10 with the mobile fingerprint sensor, block the system when we move away from the computer or simply notify us when the operating system has been locked or unlocked.

This update will only be applied when the Creators Update is released and not before as it is the Creators Update changes that allow this to be done. In any case, this new Windows 10 feature will make our mobile is a more necessary tool when working with the computer and not just an excuse to distract us. And not only that, but we will no longer need to have a mobile with Windows 10 Mobile to have these security functions.

Samsung has been the first to announce this compatibility and there will be many users who can have this level of security on their computers but it will not be the only company. Microsoft has released an API to use Windows Hello and several brands will make use of it, Samsung has been the first, but Who will be next? Could it be Apple and your iPhone?


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