How to activate NFC on Huawei Mate 8

The NFC is a quite new and useful technology. This technology is progressively used on Android cell phones such as the Huawei Mate 8. Thanks to the NFC it will be easy to do several things in several fields of activity. So we decided to write this article to rough the subject of the NFC and show you tips on how to activate it on your Huawei Mate 8. We will initially see what the NFC is for. We will discover in a secondary time how you can activate the NFC on your Huawei Mate 8. At last, we will explain to you how you can use it in different circumstances.

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What is actually the NFC function on your Huawei Mate 8

The NFC that stands for Near Field Communication is in fact a wireless transfer technology. With NFC you can exchange information or files between 2 devices. The attribute of this wireless technology is that it has a range of just a few centimeters. It will be required that the device with which you use the NFC is highly close to your Huawei Mate 8 so that it works. So, the NFC will allow your Huawei Mate 8 to be able to exchange files, to connect to a new device or to pay without contact. There are many ways to use the NFC of your Huawei Mate 8.

How to activate the NFC of your Huawei Mate 8

In order to use the NFC on your Huawei Mate 8, it can be necessary that this setting is enabled on the phone. To activate the NFC on your Huawei Mate 8, you need to go to the Settings menu of the Huawei Mate 8. Then go to PLUS or ADVANCED PARAMETERS and finally click on NFC. You can then activate or deactivate the NFC of your Huawei Mate 8. If you desire to save a little battery, we recommend you to activate the NFC only when you use it and to deactivate it the rest of the time.

How to use the NFC with your Huawei Mate 8

Exchange files with NFC

If you desire to exchange files between your Huawei Mate 8 and another phone, you may use the NFC. For this you need to activate the NFC and you should also activate Android Bean. To accomplish this, go to Settings> More> NFC> Android Beam . Once done, just bring the 2 telephones closer and select NFC as an option to share your file.

Pay with the NFC of your Huawei Mate 8

For now Banks are not yet too developed on the payment NFC. In order to pay with the NFC of your Huawei Mate 8, you need to do 2 things. The first is to have an application compatible with your bank. The second is to configure his credit card or his account in this application.

Connect to a device

If you wish to pair a device to your Huawei Mate 8, it could be easier to do it with the NFC. So, it is often enough to activate the NFC Huawei Mate 8 and stick the cellphone to the device to create the association. This is for example the case with some bluetooth headsets.