This week Synaptics announced it’s begun mass production of an under-glass, in-display fingerprint sensor and that the company is working with a top five OEM. Earlier this year we’d heard that Chinese smartphone maker Vivo was working on phones with under-glass fingerprint sensors. Coincidence? Nope. In an article for Forbes, Patrick Moorhead says he got […]
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Synaptics says in-display fingerprint sensors for smartphones are coming soon
Rumor has it that the reason Apple dropped the fingerprint sensor from the iPhone X is that the company didn’t want to put it on the back of the phone, and that the technology required for under-glass fingerprint sensors wasn’t good enough yet. So Apple ditched fingerprints altogether, and went solely with its Face ID […]
Qualcomm’s new Fingerprint sensors work under glass, under displays, and underwater
Qualcomm is probably best known for making the chips that power smartphones, but the company has also been developing fingerprint sensors for a while. The company’s latest drop the Sense ID name and are just called Qualcomm Fingerprint Sensors. And along with the no-nonsense name come features designed for modern smartphone hardware. For example, there’s […]
Synaptics launches smartphone fingerprint scanner that sits under the glass screen
The company that makes the touchpads found on many laptops also makes fingerprint sensors, and the company’s latest is an optical scanner designed to sit below a glass screen on smartphones. In other words, it’ll be able to read your fingerprint through the glass, without the need for any cut-outs or indentations. Among other things, […]
Leaked Sony Xperia Z5 image shows a fingerprint sensor
It’s only been a few months since Sony introduced the Xperia Z4 smartphone in Japan (it’s sold as the Xperia Z3 Plus in other markets), but it looks like an Xperia Z5 is already be in the works. An image showing what appears to be a brand new Xperia Z-series phone, along with a smaller “Compact” model […]
Qualcomm introduces Sense ID ultrasonic fingerprint scanning tech
A growing number of smartphones include fingerprint scanners that let you unlock your device or login to apps by placing your fingertip on the scanner. Chip maker Qualcomm has just introduced a new solution for detecting fingerprints which detects your fingerprint using sound rather than touch. Qualcomm says this allows its Sense ID technology to […]
The Nymi Band uses heartbeat biometrics to authenticate user ID
Fingerprint biometric scanning is so 20th century. Anyone can recreate a unique fingerprint with a high definition photograph. Even facial recognition software can be compromised with a high quality printer. What we really need is something that reads what is on our insides so that no one can copy it. The Nymi Band uses your […]
Synaptics SecurePad is a laptop touchpad with a fingerprint reader
Synaptics makes the touchpads that are used on millions of laptops and in recent years the company has added new features such as support for multitouch gestures and pressure-sensitive “force” detection. Now Synaptics is introducing a new touchpad that could bring enhanced security to your next laptop. The Synaptics SecurePad puts a fingerprint reader right […]
HTC One Max: 5.9 inches and a fingerprint scanner
HTC continues to milk its HTC One brand. This summer the company launched an HTC One Mini which looks like HTC’s flagship phone, but which features a smaller screen and slimmed-down specs. Now meet the HTC One Max, a phone that has a nearly tablet-sized display. The HTC One Max sports a 5.9 inch screen, front-facing […]
Dell Inspiron Mini 9 hack: Adding a fingerprint scanner
There are plenty of ways to keep the data on your computer secure. You could add a password to the login screen, encrypt the data on your hard drive, or carry your computer around in a briefcase handcuffed to your wrist and hope that nobody with a hacksaw is coming to get you. Or you […]