Fingerprint Cards has revealed that San Francisco smartphone start-up Nextbit has integrated its FPC1145 sensor in a flagship “cloud-first” Android smartphone called Robin.Nextbit is led by former Google executive Tom Moss and backed by Google Ventures and Accel Partners.Jorgen Lantto, CEO of FPC, commented on the development: “NextBit is an up and coming smartphone OEM with an interesting business model and we are proud that NextBit selected FPC1145 for Robin, its first smartphone. FPC1145 supports 360 degree finger rotation capability, fast response time and industry leading 3D image quality, and its small size enables placement on the side of the smartphone”.Tom Moss, CEO of NextBit, comments: “In our endeavors to provide the consumer with the ultimate user experience for Robin, we consider embedding a touch fingerprint sensor a mandatory feature. FPC1145 allows us to place the fingerprint sensor embedded with the power button, maintaining our look and feel with no buttons on the front. We are happy to deliver a great user experience for secure user verification with FPC1145”.
Recent Articles
- Identity-Plus brings paradigm-shift cyber defence to Start-Up City at Identity Week America 2026
- Ajay Gupta: Joining a like-minded agenda of promoting digital credentials
- The Secure America Act: How the $69.5B law transforms biometrics and federal contracting
- Identity Week Europe 2026 was unforgettable – and the highlights are in our Post-Event Report!
- Biometrics Is the Most Trusted Identity Verification Method — but Fewer Than Half Rank It First, Global Study Finds
Recent Video
- Identity-Plus brings paradigm-shift cyber defence to Start-Up City at Identity Week America 2026
- Ajay Gupta: Joining a like-minded agenda of promoting digital credentials
- NEC scales defence-grade biometrics for the masses
- How interoperability of EES and ETIAS is designed to create a comprehensive view of traveller movement
- Ex Police detective Gavin Burton: Fraud prevention tools for police and border control
