Synaptics is an understated innovator in the human interface and end user experience technology space, and many of the hottest smartphones, tablets and PCs have their technology inside. The Samsung Galaxy S7, Apple iPhone 6S, Dell XPS 15, Microsoft Surface and Surface Book, and HP ENVY are just a few of these products I’ve personally used. One of the interface technologies that Synaptics excels at are fingerprint sensors. While most of the PC “swipers” are Synaptics today, the company has been working with both PC OEMs and smartphone vendors over the last two years to integrate their latest fingerprint technologies into a multitude of devices. Synaptics has also taken their finger print sensor and integrated them into their own touchpads and has the unique position of being able to get their customers to integrate both into their devices. However, the fingerprint sensor ecosystem requires a robust back-end to enable use cases outside of secure PC login and password replacement. While PCs were the first to have biometric finger “swipers”, the PC has lagged behind smartphones and tablets. I’m hopeful Synaptics latest technology can change all that.

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