Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Iris Scanner Explained: Why New Mobile Security Feature Is Considered A Game Changer

For the past two days, Samsung has been talking about its Galaxy Note 7's iris scanner on its online newsroom, highlighting the reasons why this new mobile security feature could be a big game changer in the mobile industry. Just yesterday, the South Korean-headquartered company discussed how the iris scanning technology is making Samsung Pass even more secure. Samsung Pass is part of Knox, the comprehensive security platform of Samsung's recent handsets. Pass previously centered on fingerprint recognition via the fingerprint scanner as a means of enhancing the identity verification process of the phone itself and certain apps. With the addition of the iris scanner, Samsung claims that the Note 7's security has reached the ultimate level thanks to this advanced biometric authentication that does not require IDs or passwords for identity authentication.