Samsung India has introduced its first-ever iris recognition tablet,Galaxy Tab Iris, for the first time in India./ Photographed by Ha Man-joo

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By Ha Man-joo, India correspondent, AsiaToday - Samsung India has introduced its first-ever iris recognition tablet, Galaxy Tab Iris, for the first time in India. This is the first time for Samsung to launch a commercial iris recognition smart device.

On May 25, Samsung India announced the launch of Galaxy Tab Iris in a hotel in New Delhi, India. The company said, "The Galaxy Tab Iris will provide cashless and paperless service in various fields such as banking e-governance services such as passport, taxation, healthcare and education."

The Galaxy Tab Iris focuses on the needs of Indian government and enterprises, especially financial institutions. Samsung India stated, "The easy-to-use bio-verification technology featured in the Galaxy Tab Iris will help India spread its Digital India vision so that every India citizen can have access to financial inclusion benefits of the government."

The device is Aadhar-compliant and STQC-certified, which enables government and financial institutions to simplify the process of an individual's authentication, regardless of language and literacy barriers.

"The India R&D team has created this product with high speed scan, more accuracy and high reliability putting our knowledge in hardware design, biometrics and security," said Dr. Aloknath De, Corporate Vice President & CTO, Samsung India R&D. "In addition, we are offering an Identity SDK for application developers to build financial inclusion, payments, and authentication solutions."

"We believe this will strengthen government programs such as Jan Dhan Yojana (JDY) and E-Citizen services under the Digital India initiative," he said.

Priced at Rs. 13,499 (KRW 236,000), the Galaxy Tab Iris sports a 7.0" WSVGA (1024x600) display, 1.2Ghz Quad Core processor, 1.5 GB RAM, a 3,600mAh battery, and other average specifications.

The iris recognition technology of the Galaxy Tab Iris focuses on theneeds of Indian government and enterprises under the Digital India initiative./Photographed by Ha Man-joo

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Iris recognition is more fraud resistant compared to conventional biometrics like fingerprints. The iris is said to have 266 degrees of freedom, while fingerprint scanning offers 40 degrees of freedom. Each eye is believed to be unique and remain stable over time.

An official from Samsung India is demonstrating iris recognition./Photographed by Ha Man-joo

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An official from Samsung India is demonstrating iris recognition./Photographed by Ha Man-joo

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