FPC’s OneTouch (R) FPC1025 Fingerprint Sensor in Google’s Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P Smartphones

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Sept. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Google announced two Nexus smartphones; Nexus 5X manufactured by LG and Nexus 6P manufactured by Huawei. Both smartphones feature Nexus Imprint which uses FPC’s touch fingerprint sensor FPC1025 to ensure industry leading biometric performance for these two Nexus devices which are the first smartphones to use Google’s new Android 6.0, a.k.a Marshmallow release, which integrates fingerprint sensor capabilities.

In addition to Android 6.0 and its integrated support for fingerprint sensors Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P includes Android Pay, a secure payment service utilizing the fingerprint sensor for secure and convenient mobile payments.

Already received as well as expected revenues in 2015 that relate to sales of FPC1025 for these smartphone models are included in FPC’s communicated revenue guidance of approximately 2,500 MSEK for 2015.

Jorgen Lantto, CEO of FPC, comments: “Google powers a majority of the world’s smartphones with its Android operating system and these new Google Nexus devices are the first smartphones to integrate Android 6.0 and its integrated support for fingerprint sensors. We are proud to have collaborated with Google, LG and Huawei to enable the integration of fingerprint sensors in Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P. FPC1025 supports 360 degree finger rotation capability, fast response time and industry leading 3D image quality.”