Metalenz Launches Polar ID Enabling Simple, Secure Face Unlock for Smartphones
Contact Us
Contact Us

Polar ID @ MWC

#N1.A100

June 26-28, 2024 | Shanghai

Schedule a Demo

Unlock the unseen

Secure, small, affordable face unlock with the only smartphone camera that can capture polarization information. Now running on Snapdragon®, Polar ID is a complete face authentication solution for mobile that harnesses the unique capabilities of metasurfaces. Be among the first to see the unseen with Polar ID.
Schedule a Demo

See what no other camera can see.

Meet Polar ID, a full system solution for smartphone biometrics and beyond. Built around the unique polarized light sorting ability of metasurfaces.
Learn More
01
The only smartphone camera that can capture polarization information to see beyond the limits of current visual systems, bringing new information to mobile devices and mass markets.
02
small enough to fit in the most challenging form factors, eliminating the need for a large notch in the display.
03
Polar ID delivers authentication and recognition instantly with a single image, single camera, single illumination source, resulting in drastic reduction of footprint and cost.
04
security that it doesn’t get fooled by the most sophisticated 3D masks, with substantially higher resolution than existing facial authentication solutions.

Recognition and authentication in a single image

better performance, less hardware, smaller footprint, simpler integration
Request Product Brief

Securely unlock a billion Androids

1/2 the size, 1/3 the cost of existing structured light solutions
More Details
Image of people using mobile device in dark and daylight conditions

Ultra security + convenience, no compromise

all phones, all conditions, dark to daylight
Learn More

Face unlock done right.

See the key advantages Polar ID has over existing structured light solutions
Download Rack Card

Latest News

Latest News
02 | 29 | 2024

Your next Android phone could leave iPhone's Face ID in the dust

Press Release
08 | 18 | 2025

Metalenz Expands Its Technologies in the Metasurface Market to Include System Level Sensing Applications

Press Release
07 | 10 | 2025

STMicroelectronics and Metalenz Sign a New License Agreement to Accelerate Metasurface Optics Adoption

Press Release
02 | 13 | 2025

Optica Names Rob Devlin the 2025 Kevin P. Thompson Optical Design Innovator Award Recipient

Press Release
09 | 26 | 2024

Smartphone Security Drives Android Users to Switch, US Consumer Sentiment Report Shows

Press Release
06 | 10 | 2024

Metalenz Announces Key Leadership Appointments as Company Readies Polar ID for Mass Production.

Press Release
02 | 26 | 2024

Metalenz Confirms Samsung ISOCELL Vizion Image Sensor as Light- Engine for Polar ID, the World’s Smallest, Most Affordable and Secure Face Unlock Solution.

Press Release
10 | 26 | 2023

Metalenz Launches Polar ID, Enabling Simple, Secure Face Unlock for Smartphones

Press Release
09 | 05 | 2023

Metalenz and Vertilite Unveil “Starlight” Projector for Structured Light Applications Using a New Meta-Optic

Press Release
07 | 10 | 2023

Metalenz and Dilusense Partner to Revolutionize the Optics and Performance of Structured Light Sensing Systems

Press Release
06 | 26 | 2023

Metalenz Launches its Metasurface Optics on the Open Market in Partnership with UMC

Press Release
03 | 13 | 2023

Metalenz Relocates Headquarters, Doubles Footprint, and Grows Team to Meet Increasing Demand for its Metasurface Optics

Press Release
02 | 03 | 2023

Metalenz Wins 2023 Prism Award

Press Release
01 | 27 | 2023

Metalenz Invited Speaker at SPIE AR|VR|MR

Press Release
01 | 04 | 2023

CES 2023 – Metalenz to Participate in EMD Electronics Tech Talks

Press Release
10 | 12 | 2022

Metalenz Raises $30 Million Series B Led by Neotribe Ventures

Press Release
08 | 18 | 2022

Metalenz Receives Platinum 2022 Laser Focus World Innovator Award

Press Release
07 | 20 | 2022

Metalenz Expands Leadership Team in Response to Growing Demand for Its Breakthrough Metasurface Optics

Press Release
06 | 09 | 2022

Metalenz and STMicroelectronics Deliver World’s First Optical Metasurface Technology for Consumer Electronics Devices.

Press Release
01 | 24 | 2022

Metalenz Launches Gemini™ to Make 3D Sensing Easier with Selectable Illuminator Optics

Press Release
01 | 20 | 2022

​Metalenz Unveils PolarEyes: The First Polarization Technology Designed to Increase Your Security and Manage Healthcare From Smartphones

Press Release
06 | 02 | 2021

Metalenz partners with STMicroelectronics to develop manufacturing processes

Press Release
05 | 26 | 2021

Metalenz Launches Orion™, the World’s Simplest, Most Compact Dot Pattern Projector.

Press Release
02 | 04 | 2021

Metalenz Launches with $10M from 3M, Applied Ventures, Intel Capital, M Ventures, and TDK to Power the Next Generation of Smartphone Sensors

View All