Corning announced the newest version of its ubiquitous Gorilla Glass today. Gorilla Glass 6 is, as you'd expect, the strongest iteration of the material to date, less likely to break than previous versions when dropped. The new glass was engineered not only to survive drops from greater heights, but also more drops over time, Corning says.

Gorilla Glass 5 was announced almost exactly two years ago today. Gorilla Glass 6 is "an entirely new material," more compressed than previous iterations. That compression "helps increase, on average, the likelihood of survival through multiple drop events,” according to Corning vice president of technology and product development Dr. Jaymin Amin. The new glass survived, on average, 15 one-meter drops onto rough surfaces in Corning's lab tests, making it "up to two times better than Gorilla Glass 5." Corning doesn't mention improved scratch resistance, which is a bummer.

No devices have been confirmed to use Gorilla Glass 6, but if history is any indication, it'll be all over the place soon enough. You can check out the full press release below.

PRESS RELEASE

Source: Corning

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