What's new in the Android Biometrics SDK

8.0.0

Latest

Released: November 17, 2022

New user experience

Redesigned and modernized user experience for improved usability and performance, including:

  • Larger screen area and new contoured head shaped oval.

  • Blurred exterior and light vignette background.

  • Removal of reticles and other visual clutter.

  • Addition of Secured by iProov logo.

  • New natural filter options for Liveness Assurance: Clear and Blur

Translation of SDK strings

Translation of standard strings into:

  • Brazilian Portuguese

  • Colombian

  • Spanish

  • Dutch

  • French

  • German

  • Italian

  • Portuguese

  • Spanish

  • Welsh

WebSockets migration

Architectural optimization using the latest technology. WebSockets enables additional future security enhancements, maintains network stability, and reduces network layer vulnerabilities.

Updated user feedback codes

Replaced generic ambiguous outcome with clearer and more descriptive feedback code.

  • Provides more details on why a user failed, enabling service providers to give better guidance.

  • Makes it easier for users to pass subsequent attempts.

Enhanced Liveness Assurance SDK

Improvements to the data captured from a user's device during the authentication process:

  • Provides insight into the nature of the transaction.

  • Can be used to maintain the integrity of the iProov security defenses protecting against novel attack methods.

Other enhancements

  • Users can cancel an iProov transaction that is in progress.

  • Android 13 is now fully supported.

Release documentation

For more details see these documents on GitHub:

7.5.0

Released: July 11, 2022

New features

  • Added a Close button to the top bar that enables users to go back. Default icon: standard back arrow image.

  • New options to customize the Close button:

    • Specify the tint color.

    • Change the image with a resource ID or a Drawable.

  • Added support for right-to-left languages.

Enhancements

  • Accessibility: added WCAG 2.1 AA compliance including improvements to screen reader announcements and changes to the default colors.

  • Removed the default title.

7.4.0 and earlier

See the release notes on GitHub.