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Consumer biometrics market ing face recognition in 2021. However, we
may be $11 billion in 2027: Yole expect Android players to return to face
recognition solutions, leading to a $7B
LYON, France — In 2021, the over- market in 2027, the Yole Group reports.
all biometrics for consumer market
reached $6.2 billion. It is expected to Voice biometry will decrease
reach almost $11 billion in 2027 with With increasing performance from hard-
a 10% CAGR frin 21-27. ware and software/audio processing, the
attachment rate of MEMS microphones in
smart speakers featuring voice biometry
Centralized data will decrease.
The growth will globally be driven by the
need for secured phones where data is Combined with price erosion, revenues will
getting increasingly centralized, laptops decrease with a -3% CAGR 21-27. The iris
with sensitive files, and secure homes. scanning market vanished back in 2019,
when Samsung stopped integrating scan-
The fingerprint sensor (FPS) market will ners into its smartphones.
keep growing thanks to ever-increasing
penetration in smartphones, along with Yole expects, however, the market to
other end-systems like laptops, tablets, reach $50 million in 2027 thanks to new
and smart door locks. end-systems featuring iris scanning.
Moreover, with the replacement of tradi- Smartphone market is saturated
tional capacitive technology by under-dis- Today, the smartphone market is satu-
play solutions, revenues will grow with a rated. Yet the long-term share distribution
13% CAGR21-27. will depend on coming technology, and the
added value it provides to end-users.
With all Android players shifting back to
fingerprint biometrics, only Apple kept us The future of the biome-
try industry will depend
on the outcome of the
battle between under-
display FPS (fingerprint
sensors) and face rec-
ognition. Under-display
sensors already maxi-
mize screen-to-body
ratio.
The general industry is
now pushing to develop
full-screen FPSs as they
improve accuracy and
provide extra-function-
alities to the phone sen-
sors based on optical
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