Proposal was sent to IT ministry in Nov 2025 to preinstall Aadhaar app on mobile phones; there are stakeholder consultations going on, says UIDAI CEO ...

By Aditya Kalra and Munsif Vengattil NEW DELHI, March 19 (Reuters) - India's government privately proposed in January that firms like Apple, Samsung and Google consider pre-installing its biometric ...

The Government of India is reportedly pushing to preload the Aadhaar app on all new smartphones. However, major players like Apple, Samsung, and Google have raised concerns over privacy, logistics, ...

Smartphone companies have reportedly opined that preinstalling the Aadhaar app on devices would increase their production costs and risks.

Tech giants Apple and Samsung oppose the Indian government's proposal to preload the Aadhaar app on smartphones due to security concerns.

The tussle over preloading state-run apps has become a recurring flashpoint between the Union government and tech firms such as Apple and Google ...

India’s proposal to pre-install Aadhaar app on smartphones faces opposition from Apple, Samsung and Google over cost, security and regulatory concerns ...

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has highlighted delays in updating Aadhaar details, urging the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to establish timelines and improve its ...

India’s government faces pushback from Apple, Samsung, and Google over proposed pre-installation of Aadhaar app on smartphones ...

Aadhaar has emerged as the world’s largest biometric identity system, with around 134 crore live users and over 17,000 crore ...

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With biometrics disabled, users can still make verification processes via old-school methods – such as OTP-based authentication via registered mobile numbers or Virtual ID (VID).