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Metalenz
Metalenz is a semiconductor optics company on a mission to revolutionize optical sensing and empower billions of devices with new information. Using its metasurface technology, it is changing the way that people and machines interact with and understand the world.
Metalenz Biometrics News
Metalenz strikes production deal to bring compact face biometrics to consumer devices
Metalenz has partnered with semiconductor foundry United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) to begin mass production of Polar ID, a compact biometric…
| Nov 10, 2025 | Samsung testing Metalenz face biometrics for future flagship phone, leaker saysEarly testing firmware for a forthcoming flagship smartphone from Samsung appears to include facial recognition technology from Metalenz. Samsung electronics… |
| Aug 19, 2025 | Growth in metasurfaces market spurs Metalenz to expand patent portfolioMetalenz has expanded its product and patent portfolio to encompass metasurface technology and system level applications for secure biometrics. A… |
| Jul 11, 2025 | STMicroelectronics-Metalenz partnership expands to boost metasurface optics adoptionA new license agreement between STMicroelectronics and Metalenz aims to ease the adoption of metasurface optics for a range of… |
| Aug 23, 2024 | Metalenz uses polarization information for secure face biometricsDeploying secure facial recognition hardware camera sensors in smartphones has always been costly. Although Apple has achieved this, most Android… |
| Jun 14, 2024 | Anticipation for Metalenz and Samsung’s answer to Face ID mountsAfter Samsung and Metalenz collaborated to incorporate Samsung’s Isocell Vision 931 image sensor into Metalenz’s PolarID imaging technology, Mashable reports… |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Data Zoo, Metalenz, Precise, Token, Tools for Humanity add executivesA handful of biometrics and digital identity providers have announced leadership team updates including new finance and technology executives at… |
| Apr 2, 2024 | FaceTec exec with experience in digital ID, standards leads biometrics hiring spreeIn a post on LinkedIn, digital ID executive Geoff Slagle has announced his new role with FaceTec, as he joins… |
| Feb 26, 2024 | Metalenz-Samsung camera combo could make smartphone biometrics cheaperSamsung’s Isocell Vision 931 image sensor has been chosen by meta-optics chip company Metalenz for its Polar ID imager. Metalenz… |
| Oct 27, 2023 | Metalenz captures facial signature with new Polar ID imaging system for face unlockAt Qualcomm Technologies’ annual Snapdragon Summit, Boston-based optical semiconductor firm Metalenz introduced Polar ID, a new consumer-grade biometric imaging system… |
| Sep 7, 2023 | New sensors present options for under-display face biometrics on smartphonesFace biometrics have so far been supplied to Android mobile devices in the form of software that makes use of… |
| Jul 10, 2023 | Metalenz partners up to commercialize 3D facial recognition locks and payment kiosksOptical sensor developer Metalenz has formed a partnership with 3D sensing system supplier Dilusense to enable ultra-secure facial recognition to… |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Meta-optics startup finds eager investors for its innovative biometric systemsA startup working on technology that could become the next wave of biometric ID and surveillance reports closing a $30… |
| Jan 25, 2022 | Metalenz polarization tech could boost mobile biometric livenessOptical technology expert Metalenz has developed a polarization-based optical technology which drastically reduces the size of the imaging systems for… |
