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Windows Hello gives an additional method for confirming your identity. Windows Hello uses biometric authentication — scanning your face or fingerprint or one day scanning your iris — as a much more secure method than passwords.

The camera version of Windows Hello technology has not hit the mainstream — Microsoft’s Surface devices can log you in by recognizing your face, and a few high-end laptops also have the capability, but it’s not common. Even expensive laptops with built-in cameras frequently skip that part of Windows Hello. There isn’t that much demand — and many people get freaked out knowing their computer is watching, to log them in.

The fingerprint version of Windows Hello has become fairly common — many Windows computers with a recent fingerprint sensor use Hello.

These are the best-known laptops that support Windows Hello facial recognition: Alienware 15, Dell Inspiron 15 5570, ASUS ZenBook Duo, HP Spectre x360, Lenovo Miix 720, Samsung Notebook 9 Pro 15, and all Microsoft Surface family models after Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book 2, including the Surface Laptop. You can buy an add-on RealSense camera that’ll support Windows Hello, but it’s expensive.

Many devices support fingerprint recognition, but the specific kind of recognition demanded by Hello, once again, isn’t common.

Only time will tell if Hello is reliable enough (and the hardware cheap enough!) to make a dent in the market.

If you have a pre-Windows 10 camera or fingerprint reader, chances are very good it won’t work with Windows Hello. Many more details are in Microsoft’s lengthy Passport guide, at https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/itpro/windows/keep-secure/microsoft-passport-guide. (Passport is an on-again, off-again Microsoft brand that’s being folded into Windows Hello.)