Goodix announced three new technologies at Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona, including the Live Finger Detection technology to enhance security; the force-sensitive Newton Touch panel, and an ultra-low power heart rate sensor, which enables smart earphone with heart rate detection capability. Live Finger Detection is the technology that can detect the users pulse to enhance security and reject counterfeit or cloned fingerprints. This technology seamlessly integrates a capacitive fingerprint sensor and an optical heart rate sensor into one silicon sensor design, which authenticates users with fingerprint as well as finger skin color and heart rate signals.

Newton Touch is a force-sensitive solution that supports a variety of displays, such as AMOLED, In-cell and GFF. The Force sensing range is from 50g to 800g with an accuracy rate greater than 80%. Goodix provides a one-stop testing platform for touch and Newton Touch solutions.

The integrated ultra-low power heart rate sensor, which enables a smart earphone with heart rate measurement capability, can measure the users heart rate while enjoying music or doing exercise. With ultra-low power consumption, it does not need to be charged and is easy to control via smartphone apps. Goodix is also showcasing its full line of fingerprint and touchscreen solutions for smartphones, tablets and wearable products at MWC, including the CES Invisible Fingerprint Sensor- IFS, which is a fingerprint sensor integrated with the touch panel, and Goodix Link, allowing easy data transmission by touching two device screens to each other.