Qualcomm's
Vice President of Product Management Seshu Madhavapeddy said, "This
technology will work on the current generation of Android and future
generations."
Because the
fingerprint sensor uses ultrasonic technology, the fingerprint panel
will be able to detect heart rate and monitor blood flow as an extra
security key.
Just for information, moving
the fingerprint scanner below the screen is the next step for smartphone
pembesut to deliver a smartphone that bezel-less design.
Last
February, in order to present the bezel-less design and eliminate the
Home button, the Samsung Galaxy S8 moved its fingerprint sensor on the
back of the phone.
Until now, the trend of smartphone bezel-less still continues. Some
time ago, the phone is dibesut by Android creator Andy Rubin, Essential
Phone, also presents a fingerprint sensor on the back. Even so with the iPhone 8 who reportedly will perform similar steps.
China's
smartphone maker Vivo is also likely to announce the first mobile phone
to integrate on-screen fingerprint sensors at the Shanghai Mobile World
Congress (MWC) event. This sensor will most
likely work with older generation Qualcomm chipsets from the 200s to the
newly announced series, Snapdragon 630 and 660.
