The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Monday announced one more security feature -- face- recognition-based authentication -- for Aadhaar users. The new feature will be launched by July 1, 2018. “UIDAI introduces yet another landmark technology for authentication – Face Authentication. #AadhaarFaceAuth will help all elderly or other facing problems with fingerprint authentication. Service to be launched by July 1, 2018,” Ajay Bhushan Pandey, CEO UIDAI said in a tweet. Last week, the UIDAI introduced a virtual identification for the ID holders so that the actual Aadhaar number need not be shared to authenticate identity. It also placed restrictions on the storage of the Aadhaar number within various databases. “To provide inclusive authentication, face photo can also be leveraged to verify the identity of a Aadhaar number holder. While Aadhaar Authentication API had the technical provision of sending photo of the face, this option is currently not enabled withi