Thursday, September 6, 2018

Under-Display Optical Fingerprint Sensors to Have Bright Future

BusinessInsider quotes TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo forecasting that as many as 170m Android phones with under-display fingerprint sensor will be sold next year: "All main Android brands currently treat [fingerprint-on-display] as the important function to differentiate themselves from the iPhone."

Synaptics has been first on the market with its optical fingerprint solution developed in cooperation with Oxi. However, the cheaper next generation devices are predicted to use neither Synaptics nor Oxi technology. Instead, Goodix and Silead are predicted to take the lead: