Unified mobile biometrics: ship faster, support everyone

We’re excited to announce that Stytch’s pre-built mobile UI now comes with Touch ID, Face ID, and Android Biometric Prompt baked in. Update your mobile SDK and your users can unlock your app with the native biometrics experience. This is yet one more project that shipped from our recent hackathon!

Why Mobile Biometrics?

Implementing biometrics across devices used to mean juggling Secure Enclave, Android Keystore, and a tangle of callbacks. Our pre-built UI now abstracts all of that. Turn on biometrics (iOS / Android) once and users get a consistent experience everywhere. Here’s what you can expect:

• Consistent UX – Identical Face ID, Touch ID, and Android Biometric Prompt flows on every device, with automatic PIN / pattern fallback when sensors aren’t available.
• One-call integration – Registration, key management, and session creation are wrapped in a single helper, reducing the amount of code you have to write and maintain.
• Secure by default – Keys live inside Secure Enclave or Android Keystore, duplicate registrations are blocked, and factors can be wiped remotely in one call.

What’s Next?

This is currently live on all iOS (starting in v. 0.74.0) and Android (starting in v. 0.48.0) pre-built UIs, with React Native support in development. Update your SDKs, and turn on biometrics to use them today. As we continue to refine this feature, we’d love to hear your feedback to ensure we make the experience as intuitive as possible.

Enjoy, and check back in one more time tomorrow for our final hackathon announcement!