<P> It has been part of all iPhones since 2013's iPhone 5S except 2017's iPhone X; it has been on all iPads since the iPad Air 2 . In 2015, Apple introduced a faster second - generation Touch ID in the iPhone 6S; a year later, it made its laptop debut in the MacBook Pro . </P> <P> Apple says fingerprint information is stored locally in a secure enclave on the Apple A7 and later chips, not in the cloud, a design choice intended to make it very difficult for users to externally access the fingerprint information . </P> <P> The first mobile phone with a fingerprint scanner was the Toshiba G500 and G900 in 2007 . In 2012, Apple acquired AuthenTec, a company focused on fingerprint reading and identification management software, for $356 million . The acquisition led commentators to expect a fingerprint reading feature . Following leaks and speculation in early September, the iPhone 5S was unveiled on September 10, 2013, was the first phone on a major US carrier since the Atrix to feature the technology . Apple's Vice President of Marketing, Phil Schiller, announced the feature at Apple's iPhone media event and spent several minutes (the major portion of the conference) discussing the feature . </P> <P> Following Apple's introduction in 2013, other smartphone makers included fingerprint scanning in their high - end phones during 2014 and 2015, starting with the Samsung Galaxy S5 . Beginning with Android 6.0 (Android Marshmallow, released October 2015), fingerprint scanner support is integrated into the operating system like Touch ID is in iOS . </P>

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