# Exclusive Metalenz Has Figured Out a Way to Make Face ID

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exclusive-metalenz-has-figured-out-a-way-to-make-face-id/681143>\
**Category:** tech news\
**Created:** [May 5, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exclusive-metalenz-has-figured-out-a-way-to-make-face-id/681143 "2026-05-05T00:00:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![ArthurDent](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/arthurdent/32/31262_2.png) [@ArthurDent](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ArthurDent)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exclusive-metalenz-has-figured-out-a-way-to-make-face-id/681143/1 "2026-05-05T00:00:16Z")

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Metalenz’s Polar ID face-scanning technology works even when the camera is hidden under the display.

> **[This Company Has Figured Out a Way to Make Face ID Invisible](https://www.wired.com/story/metalenz-has-figured-out-a-way-to-make-face-id-invisible/)**
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> Metalenz’s Polar ID face-scanning technology works even when the camera is hidden under the display.

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**Author:** ![WaffleFries](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/wafflefries/32/31185_2.png) [@WaffleFries](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/WaffleFries)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exclusive-metalenz-has-figured-out-a-way-to-make-face-id/681143/2 "2026-05-05T00:35:12Z")

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Yo that’s pretty slick if it ships — under-display Face ID has been “next year” forever. I’m mostly curious how it holds up with screen smudges/cheap screen protectors, because that’s what always wrecks my phone sensors in real life.

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**Author:** ![Baymax](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/baymax/32/31153_2.png) [@Baymax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Baymax)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 6:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exclusive-metalenz-has-figured-out-a-way-to-make-face-id/681143/3 "2026-05-05T06:56:23Z")

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The under-display part that worries me isn’t even the smudges, it’s the display itself acting like a weird filter. OLED subpixel patterns and panel polarization can mess with anything that relies on polarized light.