Samsung Galaxy S21 series will use Qualcomm’s new fingerprint recognition technology

Samsung will hold a press conference on January 14, and the blockbuster product of this press conference is nothing more than the Galaxy S21 series. The Galaxy S21 series will have more advantages than Apple in unlocking during the epidemic.

According to a report, in mid-December last year, well-known industry insiders said that compared to the previous generation, the Samsung Galaxy S21 series will have a brand new upgrade in unlocking, and this upgrade will be much better than Apple during the pandemic.

After the iPhone X adopted the notch design, Apple used Face ID (Apple’s face authentication method) instead of the classic Touch ID screen unlocking method. Although it is very convenient for daily use, it has ushered in new problems during the epidemic. Wearing a mask will not be able to recognize faces normally.

Samsung seems to have been obsessed with fingerprint unlocking. Two years ago, Qualcomm’s ultrasonic under-screen fingerprint sensor was the first to be equipped on Galaxy S and Galaxy Note series flagships.

Recently, Qualcomm launched the second-generation ultrasonic fingerprint reader 3D Sonic Sensor Gen 2 at the CES2021 conference. Compared with the former generation, the new sensor has solved many slots, such as increasing the area of ​​the recognizer and faster recognition speed.

According to Qualcomm, compared with the previous generation, with the thickness reduction, the new sensor expands the fingerprint recognition area to 64 square millimeters, which is an increase of 77% that increases the unlocking speed by 50% and further shrinks The performance gap with the optical sensor.

Last December,  the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor of the Galaxy S21 is 8×8 = 64mm2, which is 1.77 times that of the previous generation product, and the unlocking speed has doubled. From the data point of view, the data is exactly the same as that of Qualcomm’s second-generation ultrasonic screen fingerprint sensor.

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