Samsung‘s upcoming Galaxy S11 will be the company’s latest installment in the Galaxy flagship series of smartphones. Previously, it was expected to arrive with an in-display fingerprint scanner which should be considerably larger in surface size than its predecessor. However, these reports were unconfirmed up until Qualcomm announced its new 3D Sonic Max fingerprint sensor that can support up to two fingerprint scans at once.
Qualcomm’s latest sensor brings about many crucial improvements to the sensor Samsung used on the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note 10. In other words, the Galaxy S11 fingerprint reader will be more accurate than the previous entry within the series. The new 3D Sonic Max is the successor to the 3D Sonic Sensor from last year and will allow users to scan two fingerprints together at once for added security.
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The notable boost in the sensor’s capabilities is thanks to the 17 times larger recognition area. This improvement should result in faster recognition with a single fingerprint in daily use in comparison to the previous Qualcomm ultrasonic fingerprint sensor generation. It also allows for a 1 in a million accuracy rate over the 1 in 50,000 on the current sensor generation.
Neither Qualcomm nor Samsung has confirmed if the Galaxy S11 would sport the new sensor. However, the South Korean tech giant might include it in its upcoming flagship considering the major improvements being made over the last year’s sonic sensor, which caused some serious security-related issues. It is still unconfirmed but we will have to wait and see if Samsung finally decides to stick with or move away from ultrasonic sensors.
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