Aadhar App Pre-Installation Row: Amid reports of tensions between the government and smartphone manufacturers over the ...

By Aditya Kalra and Munsif Vengattil NEW DELHI, March 19 (Reuters) - India's government privately proposed in January that firms like Apple, Samsung and Google consider pre-installing its biometric ...

Proposal was sent to IT ministry in Nov 2025 to preinstall Aadhaar app on mobile phones; stakeholder consultations going on, ...

The app enables features such as QR-based offline identity verification, consent-based sharing of limited Aadhaar data, and ...

MAIT said a pre-installation mandate would force its members to operate separate production lines for Indian market. Apple and Samsung had security concerns.

The Government of India is reportedly pushing to preload the Aadhaar app on all new smartphones. However, major players like Apple, Samsung, and Google have raised concerns over privacy, logistics, ...

Aadhaar, The World's Largest Biometric ID System With 134 Crore Users: Minister. New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Aadhaar has emerged as the world's largest biometric identity system, with around 134 crore ...

Smartphone makers like Apple, Google and Samsung have pushed back govt requests to pre-install apps like Aadhaar and Sachet.

With biometrics disabled, users can still make verification processes via old-school methods – such as OTP-based authentication via registered mobile numbers or Virtual ID (VID).

Tech giants Apple and Samsung oppose the Indian government's proposal to preload the Aadhaar app on smartphones due to security concerns.

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Friday commended the Andaman and Nicobar administration for its performance in mandatory biometric updates and adult enrolment verification.