Under pressure Ledger unveils plan to turn its crypto hardware wallet into a smartphone
Ledger introduced Atom as a new Android-based signer that is meant to sit beside a phone, and the company also described a separate mid-2027 product plan that turns its hardware wallet into something closer to a smartphone. The two descriptions point to the same product line moving toward broader phone-like functions while keeping a protected mode for digital asset management.
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Users and hardware wallet customers will notice a product that is being positioned closer to a phone than a traditional signer. Ledger said Atom is meant to sit beside a phone and can switch into a protected mode for managing digital assets, so the change is visible in how the device is expected to be used day to day.
In practice, the product line now includes a device that can run mainstream apps while also handling digital assets in a protected mode. That leaves the basic idea of a guarded signing function in place, even as the device is described in smartphone terms and given a mid-2027 release target.
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