NFC is a feature which comes with most modern phones. We might own NFC enabled phone or heard of the feature, few or most of us don't much about this technology which comes with some of our modern phones. This post carries what the future is all about, how to spot an NFC enabled phone and what is it used for.
NFC stands for Near field communication is a technology that uses radio
frequencies to enable communication between two NFC capable devices. This can be achieved by bringing the two devices close to each other field or few centimeters away from each other(maximum distance of 4 centimeters). The communication between both devices is in form of file-sharing or data-sharing such as contacts,web,pages, map locations, and photos. Not only limited to that NFC enabled can also be used to read or write NFC tags.
HOW TO KNOW IF YOUR PHONE IS NFC ENABLED.
The NFC feature can be found in some latest Android phones of version 4.0 and late. The presence of the future in a phone can be known by; in case of Sony xperia phones by indication of "N" print written on its back. the official symbol indicating that the device is
NFC-enabled.
While some other phones such as samsung "Near field communication" can be seen printed on the battery pack.
Or you can skip all this just check your phone settings to know if your phone is NFC enabled.
Goto settings Tap on more
you should see NFC and
Android Beam options.
HOW TO SET IT UP.
Setting up NFC and beaming data between two devices is much more easier than Bluetooth. Before any data sharing can be achieved through NFC. Things to take note of;
Both phones must be NFC enabled
Activate the NFC on both phone(settings»more)
Neither of the devices should be asleep or
locked.
Do not separate your devices until the beaming has started.
TO SHARE CONTENT
Open the content to be shared.
Place both devices’ backs against each other.
Wait for sound and haptic confirmation that
both devices have detected each other.
Notice the sender’s screen shrink into a
thumbnail and display “Touch to beam” at the top.
Touch the sender’s screen to begin beaming.
You’ll hear a sound when beaming starts.
When beaming completes, you’ll hear audio
confirmation. You’ll also get either a notification
that the beaming has completed.
This can also be done by a dedicated app called file beam which makes it more easier in sharing contents using NFC
WHAT YOU CAN USE NFC FOR
Send pictures
Just open the picture you want to share place the phone back to back to each other
Send phone numbers
You can give a phone number to others through NFC without typing. Just navigate the phone number you wish to share just place the phone in the receivers back to share the contact
Launch an app on someone else's phone
If you are using an app either playing a game or any other app which is currently launched on your phone and your friend has the app in his phone. just place your phone on his own to beam and wait for the app to be launched on his own too.
Direct someone to your new
favorite app
Well this is same process to the launch app on other phone. but, this will work when the app can't be found on the other phone. NFC will
direct the recipient to the app's Google.
Send directions
This can be done by using your Google Maps to create some directions then place your phone in the back of the recipient to beam.
Making payment
Mobile Payment can also be made using NFC. This can be done using apps such as android pay or samsung pay or for iPhones Apple pay . add
your credit or debit card details, then use it in any store that has a contactless payment terminal.
Connecting with NFC tags
NFC tags are small physical “tags” or “stickers”
containing NFC chips that can be programmed
to provide any kind of information to your
smartphone. You can do this by tapping
an NFC-capable device against a
programmed NFC tag. The information can be URL, contact info, or even commands and settings that the reading device could execute upon contact.
To read data from or write data to such NFC
tags, you’ll need an NFC tag-reading or tag-
writing app, such as the Trigger app. You can program an NFC tag to perform
tasks such as open a web page, configure
phone settings, or even send text just by
tapping the device against the tag. For instance when you want your phone to be in a silent mode when you are in class just tap the programmed tag against your phone back the device will perform
the tasks programmed onto the tag.
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