Although the Apple iPhone 5s brought with it a new hardware feature, this year’s iOS 8 unleashes the fingerprint-reading TouchID sensor for developers to use. This enables some very cool time saving features like logging into financial services or anything that might need to be private. We have found some of the best and most popular apps that have been updated to take advantage of this new feature. Check it out:
Mint
Mint is a personal finance app that brings together all of your accounts from the financial institutions you use to help you get your finances in order. This app includes excellent budgeting and analysis tools to make the most of your money. Mint is ready for iOS 8 right from the start with added features like logging in withyour finger print using Touch ID.
Amazon
Amazon is one of the most popular retailers in the world, the self-touted “everything store” has nearly everything you could possibly imagine for sale and home delivery. Their mobile app makes shopping and purchasing on the go really fast. Now shopping is even faster with Touch ID support, so that you don’t have to type your Amazon account password to complete an order.
LastPass Premium
LastPass is one of the few great services for managing your hundreds of online user names and passwords. The service remembers and auto-populates all of your online log-ins using their browser plugins, and makes it easy manage them in their online interface. Their premium service enables the use of their smartphone app, which now has the ability to log into your “vault” using Touch ID.
Day One
Day One for iOS is the absolutely gorgeous and functional journaling app for your Apple mobile device. Not only does this app let you write text journal entries, you can also add pictures, videos, and show the local weather for the day. Day One is updated to make sure your journal is secured and accessible only by you with Touch ID.
Authy
Authy is your one-stop app for your two-factor authenticated log-ins like Facebook and Gmail. Almost any service that has two-factor authentication is compatible with Authy, and makes sensitive accounts even more secure. Using Touch ID in the latest update means your sensitive information is even more secure.
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