ISSUE 46 • ANDROID ADVISOR 75PREVIEWQualcomm Fingerprint Sensors, a new ultrasonic
technology that allows fingerprint-sensing tech to
be built directly into a phone’s OLED screen. It also
works in glass and aluminium.
Synaptics has also announced its Clear ID FS9500,
an under-glass fingerprint sensor that it says will be
found in a top five smartphone company in a bezel-
free OLED infinity display. There’s no evidence that
it is referring to the Galaxy S9, but that is the exact
same name used by Samsung for it own displays.
Just in time for the Galaxy S9’s release Samsung
has been awarded a patent for an under-glass
fingerprint scanner. According to GSMArena, the
patent suggests that a smartphone could have up to 12
pressure points on the whole screen for the fingerprint
to allow secure apps, contacts, and messages.
Audio
The audio on a phone can be a bit forgotten but
Samsung won’t with the Galaxy S9. According to
rumours it will not only keep the headphone jack
but also come with wireless AKG headphones in
the box. They might just be tuned by AKG like the
current Galaxy phones but it still sounds good.
Software
Android O is almost certainly the operating system
you’ll find on board the S9 and S9+, albeit with the
TouchWiz UI on top. Samsung also introduced the
Bixby AI assistant in the Galaxy S8, which we would
have thought would have only got more intelligent
for the Galaxy S9.