Google has snapped up the tech to make full-screen smartphones without an iPhone X style notch, using the touchscreen itself as a speaker. As phone manufacturers hunt ways to make even greater percentages of the front of their devices display, the trend has forced some creative thinking around how to accommodate the other components that would traditionally be found in the bezels.

That has led to some controversial design decisions in 2017 alone. Apple’s iPhone X is probably the most notorious, with the “notch” cutting into the upper section of the display so that the front-facing camera and speaker could still have a spot to occupy. The Essential Phone arguably pushed the limits even more, with a small cut-out in its display housing the camera.



Now, Alphabet company Google has reportedly acquired a company which could help with that headache. UK startup Redux had developed a way to use vibrations in a surface – such as a touchscreen display – to emit sound, thus allowing the device to do away with a dedicated speaker, Bloomberg reports.

Google has declined to comment on the acquisition, including how much might have been paid for Redux. The company raised $5m back in March 2017. According to regulator filings, the shares of Redux’ holding company were transferred to Alphabet in early December last year.

The technology could give future Pixel smartphones an advantage over their iPhone rivals – not to mention other Android devices – as they attempt to deliver more display in a physically smaller package. The current Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL were criticized by some quarters for not trimming their bezels quite as aggressively as other devices on the market did. Redux’s technology could help there on new devices.

However, there are knock-on benefits inside the phone, too, which could have other advantages. While the external space a speaker demands is one thing, it also occupies room inside the phone. If replaced, that could leave more space for a larger battery or other components: even, perhaps, the return of the 3.5mm headphone jack, were Google so inclined.

Redux’s technology has other possibilities, though. The same controlled vibrations could also be used to deliver haptic feedback through the display. Currently, most implementations of haptics use a short buzz of the notification vibration motor to give a general indication that an on-screen control has been successfully tapped. Being able to do away with, or at least shrink, that physical component could be another significant advantage to smartphones with Redux technology onboard.
source; https://caffinegeeks.com/google-could-turn-the-next-pixels-touchscreen-into-a-speaker/

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I'm sure most people didn't read dat post... After readings post, I'm still tryin to wrap ma head around wah dat means ND hw Ts gona look like.

ok

That will be nice

This generation is blessed, to think of the technological advancements yet to come. We're blessed.

thank God there won't be problem of speaker don burst.

na wa o

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Until I see it on a phone

I hope the sound won't be muffled or affects the touch function


Doogee on the other hand has made in-display fingerprint scanner.

Google

otabuko:
This generation is blessed, to think of the technological advancements yet to come. We're blessed.

how is technology a blessing to the human race?

Corporations spend billions on new technologies when millions cannot afford a proper meal.

Technology is about making profits.

ok

YINKS89:
I'm sure most people didn't read dat post... After readings post, I'm still tryin to wrap ma head around wah dat means ND hw Ts gona look like.

could be a convertible fone

I cnt evn picture anything on my mind.

Great Innovation

Google as well as other innovative idea thrives in a sane society.

Before you eat that meat in your meal, remember that many lost their lives and farm produce. That piece of meat is worth a life!

Think about it!

killsmith:
how is technology a blessing to the human race?

Corporations spend billions on new technologies when millions cannot afford a proper meal.

Technology is about making profits.

My bro, it's good to be sympathetic, but you can't help the millions that are unable to afford proper meals.

Pics please...

Google is a failure. ...hardwarewise

overhypedsteve:
Where will they put the front facing camera or the proximity sensor? Oh they haf forget that one. Mumu google. Slay queens will slay your device if you disappoint them.

At bolded
You must be a Player

Mcsenior:


Google as well as other innovative idea thrives in a sane society.

Before you eat that meat in your meal, remember that many lost their lives and farm produce. That piece of meat is worth a life!

Think about it!

Google didn’t innovate it, they are merely acquiring a company that already have the technology.

Now, I don dey fear for my children and children's children o....

E be like say everything av been watching in a sci-fi movie will eventually come to pass..

Black mirror, Black mirror.... Na who say make I watch that dark sci-fi movie sef?

Something that has been around since the first Xiaomi Mi Mix.

linearity:


Google didn’t innovate it, they are merely acquiring a company that already have the technology.

If you call that mere acquisition, well, that's your opinion.

Our Nation need not acquire resources, we have them abundantly, but here we are.

If Nigeria can be converted to an app, google will acquire and make it work...(expensive joke)

Innovative

Who cares, who uses iPhone anyways?

Tecno Camon CX 5.5-Inch IPS display rocks

Mcsenior:


If you call that mere acquisition, well, that's your opinion.

Our Nation need not acquire resources, we have them abundantly, but here we are.

If Nigeria can be converted to an app, google will acquire and make it work...(expensive joke)

If you say so....

but, am of the opinion that, if things continues at the current rate; I think in no distant time, any Senator from the FGN, would afford to acquire Google...(not a joke)

Exactly what have been on my mind days now. It's 100% possible to build a device that has no other component displayed at the front. The camera, p. sensor and the indicator light can be embedded within the main display screen. I guess we all have to wait till Samsung comes up with the Galaxy X to see if it's not the same tech.