Samsung Display is working to create almost bezel-less laptop panels , with the webcam “under the screen” . The South Korean company anticipated this innovation – which we will also see on smartphones – on the Chinese social network Weibo.

UPC (Under Panel Camera) technology, commercially called Samsung Blade Bezel , allows you to make laptops with OLED screens and very thin, almost invisible frames , without notebook manufacturers being forced to place the webcam in other positions. Dell has in the past placed the webcam in the bottom bezel, an unfortunate location, while Huawei has chosen to insert it into the keyboard on the MateBook X Pro.

A lot of information on this technology is currently lacking, for example we do not know the resolution of the webcam and the impact of its position on the shot in relation to a traditional webcam or the quality of the image in the portion of the display that surmounts the webcam. These are all unknowns that will have to be verified by a direct test.

Wow ⊙∀⊙! Samsung Display reveals its under-Display camera technology for the first time, which will be used for OLED notebook screens first pic.twitter.com/Fu4Ublvsru

?? Ice universe (@UniverseIce) January 14, 2021

The quality of the webcam is not a I’ve been waiting for a while, especially if we think of the current period where smart working and distance learning require a good level audio – video sector. We will see, but certainly it could be a further step towards making devices more compact and beautiful to look at, and certainly no one can be sorry.