Kensington VeriMark Guard USB-A Fingerprint Key FIDO2, WebAuthn/CTAP2, & FIDO U2Fy, Biometric Security Key for PC, Laptops, Tablets, iPads, For Google, Microsoft, Safari browser password managers

This product works well as a fingerprint scanner but does not support Windows Hello, so cannot be used to login to your PC.

Bought this (Guard Version) hoping I could use my Intel Based Mac Book Pro (provided by work) with an External USB Keyboard (with USB Ports), Mouse and two monitors. with the aim of having the MBP lid closed while I work.The Docs and marketing blurb, clearly state it works with MacOS, cross platform.But I needed fingerprint auth for my 1Password and other authentication challenges on the Mac.Thing is the MacBookPro already has a Fingerprint reader on the laptop keyboard. (Which is now closed)My hope was that using an external USB Keyboard with USB 3.x pass through i would somehow be able to use the Kensington Key (with its software) to act as the fingerprint service on the Mac.This is clearly not the case, as I try this out and how locked MacOS is around security I can't see it working with out using some sort of MDM / Endpoint Management software, which you don't get at home.So on MacOS (Monterey)Point 1. this seems to require a USB 3.1 (Blue) port to work.Initially i had a USB 2.0 Port (On my official Apple USBC dongle) on my Mac and it would not read although it registered in the App as device present.So feedback 1. In your app do a check for type of port the device is on and advise user if its on incorrect port.Switching to a USB 3.x port and the App was apple to register my finger print.But all i have is now registered my fingerprint, the MacOS knows nothing of the device to use that for fingerprint authentication over the inbuilt service.All other apps built for MacOS OoTB have option to use FingerID (like 1password), but this is a proprietary service for the MacOS which assumes use of their fingerprint hardware, not some 3rd party.Point 2: I cannot see how this will work (right now) with MacOS for home users, it may work if you use MDM Endpoint enrolment whereby you bypass the default authentication with this app / device.Possibly the new Silicon based Macs will support this in future but even the OS does not expose '3rd party biometric authentication, right now AKAIK.Point 3: There is nothing in MacOS that allows you to setup fingerprint login, unless you use its own FingerPrint Reader on the Laptop Keyboard or if you have a new Silicon Based Mac their new Keyboard with fingerprint reader.It's a bold statement to say cross OS, when clearly there are requisites for this to work on MacOS.Which I may add do not seem to be called out in the product packaging.Point 4: I am going to test this on Windows 11, which I may add I expect will work because their OS is designed in such a way today to support lots of different hardware config. The MacOS by design is not.

TL;DR, get a different fingerprint reader to sign into Windows, this one is no good at recognising saved fingerprints.I've been using the Kensington VeriMark Pro for nearly two years now. I got it to try and speed up the process of signing into my work PC using Windows Hello. Between coming and going from meetings I need to sign into this machine 10-20 times a day, 5 days a week. I thought this would eliminate the need to type in a lengthy password every time I want to sign in. Because it's a work computer, I have to change the password regularly to a randomly generated string, so it's a hassle to remember it and type it in every time.Unfortunately, the fingerprint recognition on this device is awful. It never works on the first attempt, so I always have to reposition my finger and try again. I have to make between 2 and 4 attempts every time I want to sign in.On top of this, Windows Hello will require you to re-enter your password after 4 failed attempts to use a fingerprint reader. I would estimate that in the nearly two years I've been using this device, 65-75% of the times I've tried to sign in with my fingerprint it fails 4 times in a row and I have to sign in using my password. This means that nearly three quarters of the times I've tried to use this device, it's actually wasted more of my time than if I just tried to sign in using my password from the start.In its defence, I will say that this may be a problem with Windows rather than with the device itself. It can also be used to for 2-factor authentication (2FA), for example, when signing into google accounts, etc. Any time I've used it for this, it seems much more capable of recognising my fingerprint, even on the first try. Personally, though, I very rarely use if for 2FA. My main reason for getting it was to sign into Windows, and it just cannot do this well enough. If you want this for 2FA only, then maybe this device will be sufficient for you, but if your main reason for getting it is signing into Windows, I'd skip it and get something else.

Comes up as unrecognised. I've tried many suggested solutions, but to no avail.

Unable to get it to be recognised by Windows Hello on my laptop.Returned.

Despite the Amazon site's claims that this works with Macs, it doesn't The drivers instal fine and will scan fingerprints as part of the setup process but will then do nothing. The Kensington support team had me try two units on two Macs before realising that it wasn't going to work.