mAadhaar App is official mobile application developed by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) , launched in Jul 2017, to provide an interface to Aadhaar Number Holders to carry their demographic information viz. Name, Date of Birth, Gender & Address along with photograph as linked with their Aadhaar Number in smart phones.  You need the mobile number registered with your Aadhaar card and a smartphone running on Android 5.0 and upper versions. This article gives overview of mAadhaar app and how to install it on your mobile.

Overview of mAadhaar App

The mAadhaar app is currently available for download on Google Play for only Android users.  You can Download mAADHAAR App from Android Playstore 

• The mAadhaar app will help provide an interface to Aadhaar card holders to carry their demographic information viz name, date of birth, gender and address along with photograph as linked with their Aadhaar Number in their smart phones.
• It will work only if you are using the same mobile number which is linked with your Aadhaar.  If members of your family, example children, have the same mobile number registered as you in their Aadhaar, you can add their profile to your device.
• One Aadhaar profile can be active on only one device at a time. If you create the profile on another device by inserting the sim in another device, the previous profile would become inactive and would be deleted from older device whenever any operation is attempted from that device.
• The mAadhaar app also allows biometric locking or unlocking to secure biometric authentication by locking biometrics data. Once resident enables Biometric Locking system their biometric remains locked till the Aadhaar Holder chose to either unlock it (which is temporary) or disable the locking system.
• Time-based One-Time Password is an automatically generated temporary password which can be used instead of SMS based OTP.
• Update of profile – An updated view of Aadhaar profile data after successful completion of update request.
• Sharing of QR code and eKYC data by Aadhaar Number holder – Share QR code and password protected eKYC data to retrieve accurate demographic information from it instead of manual entry.
• In case of any issue or query, please write to feedback.maadhaar@uidai.net.in

mAadhaar app

How to install mAadhaar app ?

1.  mAadhaar needs to connect and download data from UIDAI.So ensure that internet connectivity is available on your phone.
2. Download mAADHAAR App from Android Playstore . Note  App works on smartphone running on Android 5.0 and upper versions.
3. On opening Application will ask to set password for safety purpose if your phone gets lost/stolen. Password length is minimum 8 and maximum 12 characters.The password should contain atleast 1 number, 1 alphabet, 1 special character ( @,#,&,%,*,!,-,(,) ) and 1 alphabet in capital e.g. Sharma@123
4. It will then Create Profile by first asking the Aadhar number . You can scan QR code on your Aadhaar card .
5. It will then send a Verificiation code through SMS. Click on verify.
6. Please do not navigate from application if it is waiting for SMS. mAadhaar will automatically read the OTP once it is received. There is no provision to manually enter the OTP anywhere in mAadhaar. This is a security feature.

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