4.8 billion biometric devices predicted by 2020

Acuity Market Intelligence forecasts that intensifying demand for smartphones, tablets, and wearable mobile devices that incorporate biometrics will drive a global market of 2.5 billion users with nearly 4.8 billion biometric devices by 2020.

 
Maxine Most, Principal and lead analyst at Acuity Market Intelligence notes: “The market for biometrically enabled mobile devices will surge over the next five years.

 

Apple’s launch into biometrics and payments will be followed by similar efforts by Samsung and others, and within three years, biometrics will become a standard feature on smart phones as well as other mobile devices.”

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