Keys, keyless, smart keys, pretty much anything to do with keys sounds obsolete with what Hyundai has announced for its upcoming cars. Instead of focusing on the regular features, Hyundai has now decided to bring fingerprint technology as a first in its cars next year. It has also provided a glimpse of the same, with the 2019 Santa Fe SUV at a Chinese auto show on Friday.
Soon You'll Be Able To Start Your Car, Adjust The Seats And Mirrors Using Your Fingerprint.
The feature is just as it sounds and just as it works on your smartphone, with the ability to unlock the car with the touch of a finger. The South Korean car maker has not limited it to only an unlocking mechanism though. Hyundai’s fingerprint technology sets off a chain of triggers to other functions in the car.
To get a perspective on this, Hyundai says that the technology will allow multiple owners to register their encrypted fingerprint data. In addition, driving preferences of all the entries will be saved correspondingly. Essentially, as soon as one of the owners of the car unlocks it, the vehicle will make adjustments, including setting the mirror angles and seat positions accordingly. Hyundai further plans to integrate temperature control and steering preferences to it as well.
The first-of-its-kind technology will be limited to China for now, as it rolls out next quarter. An interesting note here is that while the 2019 Santa Fe will be the first car to feature such a technology in its door handle or ignition, Tesla Model 3 appoints the fingerprint access in a slightly different manner, letting the users start their cars through a smartphone-enabled fingerprint scan.
Hyundai is also confident about the security of the feature being in place. It claims that the fingerprint technology has an error rate of 1 in 50,000, identical to Apple’s error rate on its touch technology. So while there might be an unreasonable concern for how secure the technology is, which is the scenario with every new technological feature, Hyundai’s fingerprint technology can very much be the next big thing in the automotive world.
Soon You'll Be Able To Start Your Car, Adjust The Seats And Mirrors Using Your Fingerprint.
The feature is just as it sounds and just as it works on your smartphone, with the ability to unlock the car with the touch of a finger. The South Korean car maker has not limited it to only an unlocking mechanism though. Hyundai’s fingerprint technology sets off a chain of triggers to other functions in the car.
The first-of-its-kind technology will be limited to China for now, as it rolls out next quarter. An interesting note here is that while the 2019 Santa Fe will be the first car to feature such a technology in its door handle or ignition, Tesla Model 3 appoints the fingerprint access in a slightly different manner, letting the users start their cars through a smartphone-enabled fingerprint scan.
Hyundai is also confident about the security of the feature being in place. It claims that the fingerprint technology has an error rate of 1 in 50,000, identical to Apple’s error rate on its touch technology. So while there might be an unreasonable concern for how secure the technology is, which is the scenario with every new technological feature, Hyundai’s fingerprint technology can very much be the next big thing in the automotive world.
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