Why do I need to set up a password if I have biometric authentication enabled for the app?

Why do I need to set up a password if I have biometric authentication enabled for the app?

Olarm highly encourages you to set up a strong password for your Olarm Account, using the minimum requirements below.
  1. Lower case letters
  2. Uppercase letters
  3. Numbers
  4. Special characters

The password is required to log back into your account when you have logged out, where Biometric Auth is used for access to the Olarm app only

To find out more about your Olarm account, please follow the link below.



If you have any problems, please feel free to contact Olarm Support
Phone: +27 21 009 0911 
WhatsApp: +27 60 039 0911 
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