Microsoft and Fujitsu partner on palm vein authentication for Windows Hello

Windows Hello, Microsoft's biometric sign-in system for Windows 10, can now read your palm. Coming as part of a partnership with Fujitsu, palm vein authentication joins facial and fingerprint recognition among Windows Hello's supported log-in methods.

The integration takes advantage of Fujitsu's PalmSecure systems, which involve scanners either built into a laptop or attached via USB. To log in, users hover their hands over the sensor, which then scans for their unique vein pattern under the skin. It's a unique authentication technique that could be harder to dupe because a map of palm veins would be harder to copy than something like a fingerprint. Fujitsu is also talking up PalmSecure as a more hygienic system for authentication.

PalmSecure is already built into some Fujitsu Stylystic and Lifebook models, and it's likely we'll see this utilized more in the enterprise and business spaces. In fact, according to Fujitsu, the authentication tech is already in use at a number of organizations around the world, including Lotte Card and Brazilian bank Banco Bradesco.

Dan Thorp-Lancaster

Dan Thorp-Lancaster is the former Editor-in-Chief of Windows Central. He began working with Windows Central, Android Central, and iMore as a news writer in 2014 and is obsessed with tech of all sorts. You can follow Dan on Twitter @DthorpL and Instagram @heyitsdtl

14 Comments
  • Go Japan
  • Whilst the system seems useful, the claim of being more hygienic is just lunacy. It's not like you don't have to touch it to power on, to type, to do anything really.
  • Logic would follow... Rather put this on the mouse where your palm is permanently embedded.
    You lift your hand and it locks
  • You forgot Iris scan. 
  • This ☝🏼
  • I love Fujitsu. Quite good news.
  • I love it when they try something new every now and then. Windows Hello FTW 🎉
  • Taking palm reading to the next level.😆
  • Palm reading + next level? Can it read me my future?
  • Like fat in veins? :)
  • Cool! One more login option for Windows 10! :D
  • I like it.
  • Authenticate me by my body's unique electromagnetic wave radiation
  • These gadgets are OK if they were the only way to login. What's the point if you can just unplug them and hack the PIN or Password ligin? Same with Windows hello, when it fails I just enter  a 4 digit PIN. Not that secure? They must be the only way in for them to be truly secure.