Touch ID biomass in future MacBook Air?

Party with the iPhone 5S, the biometric verification system Touch ID has since spread to the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus and the latest generation of iPads. Used for authentication and access to mobile devices, it is also used in the payment system Apple Pay, deployed in the United States.

iPhone 5S Touch ID home And since the service seems to be off to a good start (Apple CEO Tim Cook claims two-thirds of the value of contactless transactions in the United States), it is rumored in Taiwan that the biometric Touch ID system could appear on the new ones MacBook Air whose presentation is expected by the end of February.

The biometric module could also be present on the accessories Magic mouse and Magic TrackPad, which could signal an extension of the Apple Pay service to payment on the Web, in addition to contactless payment by NFC.

Such an initiative would allow Apple Pay to compete head-on with market players, starting with PayPal and Amazon. To note that PayPal will soon be separated from Ebay and could be the subject of an acquisition by a large group wishing to set up a competitive payment service.