Before in-display fingerprint sensors began proliferating, everyone was so excited about the prospect. Android phone makers had been moving their fingerprint sensors to the back of their phones in order to make room for larger displays with narrower bezels. Then there’s Apple, which decided to abandon fingerprint sensors entirely in favor of 3D face recognition, for better or worse. In-display fingerprint readers would allow companies to keep their sleek new all-screen designs without removing fingerprint readers or relocating them to the back, which is the worst possible location as far as user experience is concerned. The problem, of course, is that there’s no tactile target to touch when a fingerprint sensor is embedded behind a smartphone screen. As a result, it’s quite difficult to unlock your smartphone without looking at it to see exactly where your finger should touch. While in-display fingerprint readers are definitely nifty, they actually ended up slowing everyone down.
This UX problem is quite real, but the good news is that it’s only temporary. We’re only in the earliest stages of this neat technology, and next-generation tech is already being developed behind closed doors. We’ve heard rumors that several companies are working on new embedded fingerprint sensors that offer a fantastic solution to this problem, and now the latest leak suggests that Samsung’s improved in-display fingerprint reader could make its debut as soon as early next year in the Galaxy S11 series.
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