Thanks to a new breakthrough from Google and Qualcomm, the time required to have a driver's license or some other form of physical identification may be complete. The two tech giants have partnered to bring electronic identification capabilities to the next version of Google's operating system, Android R. At the Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii, the companies revealed that Qualcomm's Snapdragon platform would be the first mobile system on-chip support for Android Identity Credentials APIs in Android R, which is expected to be released. next year
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With the many aspects of everyday life already used on mobile phones, including boarding passes, credit cards and vouchers, digital identity cards, secured by biometric authentication, form a logical sequence. This could mean that a user can store their driver's license on a mobile device to quickly confirm their identity online and offline. This could significantly speed up the authentication process for purchasing goods and services, but would also provide an additional layer of security protection for mobile users. Qualcomm and Google haven't explained in detail how the APIs work, but it was revealed earlier this year that it was working on a driver's license standard for smartphones, though it doesn't have a date yet. precise launch This service is likely to be part of the Snapdragon 865 platform, announced this week by Qualcomm and intended to power most of the best Android smartphones of 2020. "We are very grateful to have a very strong partnership with Qualcomm to improve the state of Android security," said Sudhi Herle, Android platform security manager at Google, at the Snapdragon Summit. "Security itself is not as prestigious as we'd like to believe: security should also make other parts of users' lives more useful and useful." "Over the past year, we have worked closely to raise the level of Android performance so that our users feel secure." This decision is part of Qualcomm and Google's sustained efforts for what Keith Kressin has described as "the world's most secure Android platform." We don't know much about Android R yet, but it's likely to be rich with updates and improvements for mobile users.