UIDAI launches mAadhaar app for Android users: Here are 6 key features

Even as the Supreme Court is hearing arguments on whether the right to privacy is a fundamental right, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Wednesday announced the launch of mAadhaar app for Android users.
The 'm Aadhaar' app lets you carry your Aadhaar information on your smartphone. With the new app, your biometric and demographic information will be available on your smartphone.

• The mAadhaar app is currently available for download on Google Play for only Android users. All you need is the mobile number registered with your Aadhaar card and a smartphone running on Android 5.0 and upper versions.

• The mAadhaar app will help provide an interface to Aadhaar card holders to carry their demographic information viz name, date of birth, gender and address along with photograph as linked with their Aadhaar Number in their smart phones.

• The new app also allows biometric locking or unlocking to secure biometric authentication by locking biometrics data. Once resident enables Biometric Locking system their biometric remains locked till the Aadhaar Holder chose to either unlock it (which is temporary) or disable the locking system.

• Time-based One-Time Password is an automatically generated temporary password which can be used instead of SMS based OTP.

• Update of profile - An updated view of Aadhaar profile data after successful completion of update request.

• Sharing of QR code and eKYC data by Aadhaar Number holder - Share QR code and password protected eKYC data to retrieve accurate demographic information from it instead of manual entry.

• The app doesn't allow you to enter the OTP manually. It will work only if you are using the same sim card which is registered with UIDAI.