Vivo Beat Samsung To The Punch By The New In-display Fingerprint Sensor !!

After an entire year of speculation about whether Apple or Samsung might integrate the fingerprint sensor under the display of their flagship product, it is actually vivo that has gotten there first. At CES 2018, vivo showcases the first smartphone that have this futuristic tech built in.

▼ Vivo In-Display Fingerprint Scanner

Vivo is using newly announced optical sensor of Synaptics, which have been development for years. It works by peering through the gaps between the pixels in an OLED display (LCDs wouldn’t work because of their need for a backlight) and scanning your uniquely patterned epidermis. This is likely the tech that Synaptics and Samsung were collaborating on for its Galaxy S8 for last year, right up until it became apparent that it wouldn’t be ready in time for the phone’s release. 

▼ Vivo showcases its product with Synaptics Optical Sensor. 

Things are different now, as vivo is close to announcing this as-yet-unnamed phone properly and Synaptics is already in mass production with the so-called Clear ID sensor.  However, is this new tech will be available on the upcoming product ? Check out vivo Malaysia Facebook for more!!