Now unlock your smartphone with fingerprint by just touching the screen

Now, unlock your smartphone with fingerprint by just touching the screen

Now, unlock your smartphone with fingerprint by just touching the screen.

Vivo launches first-ever under-display fingerprint tech, aims to take on Apple, Samsung

Technology News Aiming to take on tech giants Samsung and Apple, Chinese smartphone maker Vivo on Wednesday launched the industry-first under display fingerprint technology that will strike out the need of a physical button to unlock the device.

Called Vivo Under Display, the technology was unveiled at MWC 2017 in Shanghai.

"From processing innovations in casings to dual lenses for both front and back cameras and finally design breakthroughs in appearance, the smartphone industry has entered a new round of technological competition," Alex Feng, Senior Vice-President at Vivo, told the gathering.

"We are set to elevate our technology capabilities and bring better products to our consumers.

That is how we keep our brand's competitiveness in the long run," Feng added.

Based on Qualcomm Fingerprint Sensors — that was launched earlier in the day — this sensor can be placed under the glass (0.8mm), an OLED screen (1.2mm) and an aluminium cover (0.525mm), making it invisible yet fully functional.

Vivo uses the ultrasonic technology in its sensor that emits ultrasonic waves that capture a precise image of a user's fingerprint to unlock the device.

The fingerprint recognition technology can be further expanded to realize users such as gesture recognition, security verification and more which will greatly enhance user experience.

The water resistant technology even omits the limitations that Capacitive fingerprints face and can unlock devices even if the hands are wet.

What makes this technology superior is the fact that the sensor can be placed anywhere under the display and with this release a real full screen display is expected in the future.

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