Secret Scanner

Smartphone Manufacturers Are Working Towards Integrating the Fingerprint Scanner Under the Phone’s Display.

- Nidhi Singal

The fingerprint scanner that we have got so habituated to will soon cease to exist in its current form. The biometric authentication feature will now be invisible, albeit continuing to do its job well. In a move that will revolutionise the mobile phone industry, smartphone manufacturers are working towards integrating the fingerprint scanner right under the display of the phone.

Companies have been experimenting with the placement of the scanner, ever since smartphones started packing in advanced technology and taking on sleeker forms – think edge-to-edge display or bezel-less display that leave little room for this now indispensible feature. From being a fixture at the rear of the smartphone, like in the Samsung Galaxy S8, to being moved to the side with the power button, like what Sony did although with little success, the fingerprint scanner has literally gone places. Apple famously decided to get rid of it altogether by introducing the FaceID technology in the iPhone X.