{"id":239291,"date":"2026-05-05T04:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T08:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/new-under-display-face-unlock-tech-could-finally-kill-the-notch\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T04:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T08:50:09","slug":"new-under-display-face-unlock-tech-could-finally-kill-the-notch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/new-under-display-face-unlock-tech-could-finally-kill-the-notch\/","title":{"rendered":"New under-display face unlock tech could finally kill the notch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/new-under-display-face-unlock-tech-3663483\/\">New under-display face unlock tech could finally kill the notch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/new-under-display-face-unlock-tech-3663483\/\">https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/new-under-display-face-unlock-tech-3663483\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-05 04:32:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidauthority.com\">www.androidauthority.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paul Jones \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>Screenshot<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apple has been trying to bring Face ID under-display with no success, and Android brands avoided it due to security risks.<\/li>\n<li>Metalenz\u2019s Polar ID Under Display works flawlessly under an active OLED screen, eliminating the need for camera cutouts.<\/li>\n<li>It ditches traditional cameras for metasurfaces that read polarized light, enabling a claimed 0% spoof rate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Apple has tried for years to put Face ID under the iPhone\u2019s display, but hasn\u2019t succeeded. Android makers haven\u2019t attempted it either, since it would hurt security. Now, Metalenz, a Boston optics startup, has changed the game at Display Week.<\/p>\n<p>Today in Los Angeles, Metalenz showed off Polar ID Under Display, a face authentication system that works under a fully active OLED screen. There\u2019s no notch, no punch-hole, and no loss in quality. Most importantly, it\u2019s secure enough for payments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Kg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><img class=\"e_Kg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Metalenz addressed this challenge by moving away from traditional cameras. Their system uses metasurfaces \u2014 tiny flat optics that capture polarized light. This polarization signal is critical, resulting in a 0% acceptance rate for fraudulent attempts. Additionally, the signal remains strong when passing through an active OLED display.<\/p>\n<p>Current under-display camera attempts use bulky hardware, produce poor image quality, and have weak security. That\u2019s why Apple still uses the Dynamic Island, and why Android makers haven\u2019t pursued under-display face unlock seriously.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Metalenz is bringing top-level face authentication to Android phones. Manufacturers can finally offer a true all-screen design without extra cost or sacrificing security. There\u2019s no longer a need to choose between a clean look and safe payments.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t just a lab experiment. Metalenz demoed the technology live in the I-Zone at Display Week, using a real phone with the screen turned on and real authentication in action.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, Android&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/new-under-display-face-unlock-tech-3663483\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New under-display face unlock tech could finally kill the notch https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/new-under-display-face-unlock-tech-3663483\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-05 04:32:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":239292,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/google-pixel-face-unlock-set-up-hero.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70,72,57],"class_list":["post-239291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google","tag-pixel","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239291"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":239294,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239291\/revisions\/239294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}