Sign-in to websites with your fingerprint via Windows 10 Anniversary Update

At its Build 2016 event, Microsoft has announced that it will be delivering a big upgrade for Windows 10 that will deliver some sizeable improvements.

The company calls the upgrade an "Anniversary Update" for Windows 10 and for starters, it will bring Windows Hello's biometric authentication to all kinds of apps, including the Edge browser - you will be able to sign in to a website with your fingerprint.

Pen support will also blessed with a sticky note app, a sketchpad and virtual drawing tools like a ruler and a stencil.

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There will also be more advanced gesture controls and pen input, a Linux command-line shell, smarter Cortana commands (like sending files to colleagues, for example) and a merger of the Windows 10 and XboxOne app stores.

The Anniversary Update will be available later in the year, so you should be able to give it a try real soon.

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