Amazon Innovates (Again!)

Building technology is all about learning as you go.

Amazon  knows this, and has today added fingerprint

ID to the new Amazon Key app, which enables in-home

delivery of goods.

The Key app was announced in October, alongside

the Cloud Cam, which lets users watch goings on in

their homes as delivery professionals come in and out

of their space.

Given that the app essentially controls who gets in

and out of your home, it would be problematic if your

phone got into the hands of someone malicious. So

Amazon has added an additional layer of security, your

fingerprint, to the Android version of the app.

An Amazon spokesperson told TechCrunch that

fingerprint authentication is coming soon to iOS.

Amazon recently acquired smart doorbell maker Ring

in a deal reportedly valued at $1.1 billion, which

presumably furthers the mission of truly last mile

deliveries. Late last year, Amazon also acquired

security startup Blink for a reported $90 million.