Ledger's Atom combines smartphone and hardware wallet

Ledger has unveiled Atom, a plan to turn its crypto hardware wallet into a smartphone. Unveiled as an Android-based device launching mid-2027, it combines everyday smartphone apps like WhatsApp and Instagram with hardware-level crypto security, letting users switch between standard phone functions and a protected mode for managing digital assets.

• The dual-mode design keeps asset management in a separate, protected environment from general phone use.
• A tamper-proof enclosure is designed to block the screen-reader implants used in last week's attack.
• The unveiling comes as Ledger faces pressure following the CryptoBilis supply-chain breach.