In a groundbreaking move, WeChat, the popular microblogging site, has introduced a new cutting-edge AI feature. Now users can make payments through a simple palm swipe gesture.
The China-based Tencent-owned app is being celebrated as a contactless payment breakthrough technology.
This innovative technology combines facial recognition and palm identification to create a seamless and secure payment experience.
Facial recognition is a form of artificial intelligence (AI) that mimics the human ability to recognize a person’s face.
The imaging software uses AI to recognize the nuanced patterns of a face. And it uses the specifications to identify an individual face or the unique details of a palm print.
How WeChat pay works
To utilize this feature, users need to link their WeChat account to the device. And register their palm print.
Making a purchase is as easy as waving your hand in front of a camera-embedded scanning surface. The system analyzes various palm characteristics, including palm prints, veins, and hand stretching patterns, to ensure accurate identification.
