UIDAI launches face authentication SDK, Aadhaar sandbox at GFF 2026

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) launched a Face Authentication Software Development Kit (SDK) and a testing environment in its Aadhaar sandbox at the Global Fintech Fest 2026 . Sanjeev Yadav, Director at UIDAI, unveiled the products and described the SDK as “a massive paradigm shift” that moves UIDAI “away from external dependencies to [an] integrated, lightweight embedded library”. He said the SDK enables authentication within an organisation’s existing application rather t