Corning unveils Gorilla Glass SR+, designed for wearable devices

Corning announced its Gorilla Glass SR+, specifically designed for wearable devices.  The company claims that this new glass composite significantly reduces visible scratches while delivering the toughness as well. Corning Gorilla Glass SR+ is commercially available and is expected to be on product models from leading global brands later this year.

According to the company, Corning scientists have developed a new glass composite engineered to “better endure the bumps, knocks and scrapes wearables encounter while maintaining the optical clarity and touch sensitivity required for on-the-go connectivity.”

In lab tests, Corning Gorilla Glass SR+ reportedly demonstrated superior scratch resistance approaching that of alternative luxury cover materials, while delivering up to 70 percent better damage resistance against impacts and 25 percent better surface reflection than those alternative materials.

Corning Gorilla Glass has been used on more than 4.5 billion devices worldwide, including more than 1,800 product models across 40 major brands.

“In early 2015, Corning launched Project Phire with the goal of engineering glass-based solutions with the scratch resistance approaching luxury cover materials, combined with the superior damage resistance of Gorilla Glass,” said Scott Forester, director, innovation products, Corning Gorilla Glass. “Corning Gorilla Glass SR+ delivers a superior combination of properties that is not available in any other material today – it is in a class of its own.”