Ant International has introduced iris authentication to Alipay+ GlassPay, its augmented reality (AR) glasses-embedded payment solution.
The newly introduced iris authentication feature has been trialled with AlipayHK.
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The enhancement allows service providers and merchants to offer secure experiences for consumers.
Smart glasses producers Meizu and Xiaomi are Ant International’s initial partners in adopting these payment functionalities on a global scale.
Alipay+ GlassPay currently supports multi-modal biometric verification methods, including an AI-driven voice interface with intent detection and voiceprint authentication.
The device integrates instant try-ons, interactive shopping experiences, and streamlined checkouts from any location.
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By GlobalDataThe iris authentication method claims to analyse more than 260 distinct biometric features for verifying the identity of the user and employs liveness detection to prevent fraudulent efforts of using replicas such as three-dimensional masks, videos, or photographs.
The system leverages imaging algorithms to perform identification under different lighting conditions and delivers contactless security with a glance.
Alipay+ GlassPay incorporates a comprehensive security suite for e-wallets and applications, which includes personal encryption key schemes to protect user information.
Device makers, technology providers, and digital service operators will collaborate to meet differing regional compliance requirements.
The multi-modal security framework is underpinned by Ant’s gPass, a connection technology framework intended for smart glasses.
gPass allows developers and manufacturers to create secure digital services, innovate new application scenarios, and broaden the device’s potential uses.
Ant International plans to make the upgraded Alipay+ GlassPay system available to manufacturers, service providers, and developers across the Asia Pacific region.
Ant International chief innovation officer Jiang-Ming Yang said: “We are excited to offer our advanced embedded payment solutions to smart hardware innovators and digital service providers to expand the exciting horizon of augmented-reality commerce. Ant International will continue to push payment innovations across the frontiers of interoperability, agentic AI, and new hardware solutions.”
Ant International CEO Peng Yang said: “Ant International is laser-focused on pushing the frontier of payment from all angles: hardware-embedded consumer services, card+QR interoperability, bank-to-wallet connectivity, AI merchant payment orchestration for agentic commerce, and much, much more.
“Seamless, real-time, around-the-clock secure global payment will be a main engine for global resilience and growth in a time of great change.”
