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Meanwhile, Forbes claims to have learned that Vivo will make the first smartphone to use Synaptics» Clear ID sensor.

The Clear ID experience was fast and simple - I pressed the right side button to wake, a fingerprint image illuminated at the bottom of the phone, I touched it, and it let me in.

Forbes contributor Patrick Moorhead got to test the Clear ID sensor:

With the arrival of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 845 chipset and the Synaptics Clear ID technology, though, it's now going to be possible for companies to start putting fingerprint sensors in the display which is going to alleviate having to use a home button on the front to have the sensor and get rid of having it on the back, which in turn will allow for phones to be a little more stylish, but also allow companies to design their devices to have more screen real estate.

But Synaptics does have big plans for its Clear ID fingerprint sensors.

It recently announced that the sensor, the Clear ID FS9500, has gone into mass production with one of the five Tier 1 smartphone makers in the world.

Clear ID utilizes an image sensor to scan fingerprints illuminated by the phone's OLED display, which is quite different from the capacitive scanners seen in most modern smartphones, that operate through electrical charges.

Synaptics calls its solution Clear ID, and Vivo has been a prominent public advocate for in - screen fingerprint recognition dating back to the summer when the phone maker previewed the technology.

Goodix's optical in - display fingerprint scanner is a direct competitor to Synaptics» Clear ID fingerprint scanner, which is also an in - display fingerprint scanner, and is included in the Vivo X20 Plus UD.

Synaptics announced that it'll showcase the technology called Clear ID FS9500 in January at CES 2018.

The sensors are called Clear ID FS9500, and they are said to only get magically activated when needed.

Synaptics also downplayed Apple's Face ID technology, which the Cupertino giant introduced with the iPhone X, when it stated, «Clear ID is faster than alternative biometrics such as 3D facial, highly - secure with SentryPoint technology, and very convenient with one - touch / one - step biometric authentication directly in the touchscreen display area of smartphones.»

Vivo worked with sensor company Synaptics to integrate the Clear ID in - display fingerprint sensor, and it performed very well in our tests.

Vivo has integrated Synaptics Clear ID in - display fingerprint sensor into the screen of a new phone, which will be on sale in early 2018.

If true, then the Clear ID sensors could guarantee users with protection from spoofers.

The Vivo X20 Plus UD will be the very first commercially available smartphone that comes with Synaptics» Clear ID in - display fingerprint scanner.

Overall, it looks like the Synaptics Clear ID technology is very reliable based on Moorhead's experience.

In addition, Synaptics claimed that its Clear ID sensors are made to perform twice as fast as 3D facial recognition.

It's not clear why Vivo decided to use Synaptics's Clear ID, but it was said that Qualcomm's in - display fingerprint scanner was slow.

The Clear ID sensor is only able to work on devices that have OLED displays.

Also, the Synaptics Clear ID FS9500 will be working under OLED panels, and the Vivo X series comes with AMOLED, you see where this is going right.

The press release says Synaptics is already mass - producing the component, called Clear ID ™ FS9500, with a top five smartphone manufacturer.

Moorhead said that he expects Vivo will still modify how Clear ID works since a «hold to wake» feature seems more convenient than pressing a physical button.

Synaptics did say last month that it plans to ship 70 million units of the Clear ID fingerprint scanner in 2018.

Vivo is using Synaptics» Clear ID optical fingerprint scanner on the X20 Plus UD.

«Synaptics Incorporated, the leading developer of human interface solutions, today announced mass production with a top five OEM of its new Clear ID ™ FS9500 family of optical in - display fingerprint sensors,» the company said in the press release.

Chinese smartphone maker Vivo will be one of the first to use the Synaptics Clear ID in - display fingerprint scanner on one of its new smartphones.

Clear ID claims to be faster than other biometric security features such as facial recognition.

The Vivo X20 Plus UD will be the first smartphone to feature Synaptics Clear ID in - display fingerprint scanner.

Synaptics will be carrying out live demos of the Clear ID in - display fingerprint scanner in action at CES 2018.

The Clear ID fingerprint sensor will also come with SentryPoint technology, which adds extra security features such as PurePrint anti-spoof technology that will be able to intelligently recognise between actual fingers and spoof copies of fingerprints.

Back in December, Synpatics said that it will begin mass producing the Clear ID fingerprint scanner for a «top - five» smartphone manufacturer.

Vivo is using Synaptics» optical Clear ID fingerprint scanner.

Synaptics assures us Clear ID is just as secure as current capacitive sensors, but it is marginally slower in practice.

That may all change in 2018, after Synaptics has announced it has begun production of its Clear ID in - display fingerprint scanner that is designed for all smartphones with an infinity display.

The company's Clear ID fingerprint sensor claims to be usable even with wet fingers and is fully waterproof.

The company said that an unspecified top - five smartphone OEM has begun mass production of its new Clear ID optical in - display fingerprint sensor.

Ideally, the «perfect» smartphone would have advanced facial recognition like Face ID and an in - display fingerprint sensor like Synaptics» Clear ID.

Optical fingerprint sensors like Clear ID are also pricier than current sensors, but they're believed to be far less expensive than a system like TrueDepth.

Synaptics had already confirmed that it's working on a sensor known as Clear ID FS9500 and according to Forbes, the sensor is «fast and simple.»

Some time later, an industry analyst met with Vivo and tried out an updated version of the technology, using the newly announced Synaptics Clear ID system.

The Vivo X20 Plus UD comes with Synaptics» Clear ID in - display fingerprint scanner, and it's safe to assume that the company's upcoming flagships will sport such a fingerprint scanner as well.

Clear ID apparently works only with OLED screens, using the gaps between the pixels to scan the fingerprint.

Synaptics actually plans to ship around 70 million of its new fingerprint scanner, so chances are we'll see quite a few smartphones sporting Clear ID next year, it's safe to assume that companies like Samsung and Huawei will adopt such tech in 2018, and quite possibly Apple as well, even though the company completely removed a fingerprint scanner from the iPhone X.

So now smartphone manufacturers can implement this Clear ID sensor into their new smartphones.

Vivo says that this is world's first ready - to - produce smartphone with an in - display fingerprint scanner, and just to be clear, on the inside lies Synaptics» in - display fingerprint scanner, «Clear ID».

The working of the new Clear ID sensor is simple but also complicated at the same time.

The company also claims that Clear ID is faster than other biometric technologies, including 3D face scanners.

In one line of its press release, Synaptics said that its Clear ID technology has been «designed for smartphones with infinity displays.»

The big question, though, is when and on what device the Clear ID technology might launch.