Windows Hello is Microsoft’s biometric security solution that uses facial recognition, fingerprint recognition, or a PIN to make it easy to sign in to your Windows device. Here’s how Windows Hello works and how it can help improve the security of your Microsoft account.
What is Windows Hello?
According to Microsoft, Windows Hello lets you log into your Windows device up to three times faster than using a password. While you can create a PIN and keep it as a backup, Windows has multiple ways to recognize you and give you instant access to your system.
Windows Hello uses biometrics to identify and authenticate users. Biometrics analyze and measure specific, unique human characteristics as an extremely secure way to identify someone. For example, even identical twins do not share identical fingerprints. Microsoft Hello technology uses these different identifiers for authentication.
Windows 11 and Windows 10 offer several sign-in methods, including these three Windows Hello options:
