
What you need to know
- Huawei patented a 3D fingerprint sensor for its smartwatches for both biometric ID and gesture controls.
- The patent suggests you'd be able to twist your finger (counter-)clockwise to adjust watch settings like volume and brightness.
- Smartwatches would also recognize multiple fingerprints in order to register different actions to specific fingers.
- Samsung and Apple previously patented smartwatch fingerprint sensors in 2018 and 2022, respectively.