UIDAI introduces mAadhaar app for Android: Here’s how it works

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched a new Android app dubbed mAadhaar, which will sync your Aadhaar data on your smartphone. Now, you will not find the need to carry around your Aadhaar card for verification. The app is available on the Google Play Store. However, at the moment, the app isn’t available for iOS users.

The app carries demographic information such as name, date of birth, gender and user’s photograph that is linked with your Aadhaar number.

LAUNCHING #mAadhaar- Carry your Aadhaar on your Mobile. The android app from UIDAI is now available on Google Play: https://t.co/6o4DdtWs3B pic.twitter.com/Adogx35hRk

— Aadhaar (@UIDAI) July 18, 2017

The app also has a secure biometric authentication by locking biometrics data. Once a resident enables their Biometric Locking system, their biometric remains locked till the Aadhaar Holder chose to either unlock it (which is temporary) or Disable the Locking system. It also includes TOTP generation -- Time-based One-Time Password is an automatically generated temporary password which can be used instead of SMS based OTP.

Users can also share their QR code and password protected eKYC data to retrieve accurate demographic information from it instead of manual entry.