According to experts, the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra will be equipped with the new facial recognition technology at the time of the company’s launch. Currently, even Samsung’s flagship smartphones lack a dedicated sensor, while Apple’s Face ID has a TrueDepth camera and an additional sensor.
Face ID has been the gold standard for facial recognition technology on mobile devices for about eight years, but that could soon change. Now an expert claims that Samsung is developing a Face ID competitor that could be included in the Galaxy S26 Ultra.
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra or Galaxy S26 Ultra may come with PolarID
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Ryuhei Haizaki suggested that Samsung may be developing a new facial recognition technology called PolarID. The technology has reportedly reached the pre-market stage and could be ready for use on smartphones.
According to experts, PolarID does not require its own sensor for facial recognition. Instead, it relies on the Snapdragon chipset and the capabilities of Samsung LSI, the division that develops the core’s semiconductors. Additionally, Samsung can keep the same punch-hole design without adding additional sensors.
It has also been suggested that the ISOCELL Vizion 931, a universal shutter image sensor that enables accurate motion tracking, could be commercialized and used in the Galaxy S25 Ultra. Ryohei also claimed that PolarID is “even more secure” than Face ID, highlighting its advantages over other facial recognition technologies.
However, another source, Sawyer Gallox, dismissed these claims, saying that the technology is not yet ready and that only the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, expected to launch in early 2026, will likely feature this technology.
This author claimed: “That’s because Samsung is slowly innovating to emulate Apple, and to prove this they managed to achieve 50MP resolution on the S24U instead of the S25U and it looks like it , as if it was all about the money.” Send ×
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