Windows Hello compatible devices use the camera and near-infrared light to scan your face. This allows Windows Hello facial recognition to work, even in the dark.

Windows Hello lets you sign in with your face, iris or fingerprints. Microsoft Passport provides a more secure way of signing in to sites or apps.

Windows Hello also works within certain Windows 10 apps, letting you login to your Dropbox or OneDrive account without a password.

One of the most notable new features is Windows Hello, which allows you to log in to your computer using your fingerprint or facial recognition.

Why grapple with passwords and PINs to sign into Windows when you can more easily turn to facial or fingerprint recognition?

Here's how to login to notebooks, desktops and tablets using just your face, a camera and the software feature Microsoft calls Windows Hello.

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MICROSOFT Windows 10 offers its Hello feature which you can setup now to make facial or fingerprint recognition a secure way to login on your machine, here's how.