How to activate NFC on Huawei Y5

The NFC is a quite new and useful technology. This technology is progressively used on Android devices including the Huawei Y5. Thanks to the NFC it will be easy to do a lot of things in several fields of activity. So we made the decision to write this content to rough the subject of the NFC and show you how you can activate it on your Huawei Y5. We will first find what the NFC is for. We will see in a second time how you can activate the NFC on your Huawei Y5. At last, we will teach you how you can use it in different situations.

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What’s the NFC function on your Huawei Y5

The NFC that stands for Near Field Communication is actually a wireless transfer technology. With NFC you can exchange information as well as files between two 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 very close to your Huawei Y5 in order that it works. Thus, the NFC will allow your Huawei Y5 to be able to exchange files, to connect to another device or to pay without contact. There are so many ways to use the NFC of your Huawei Y5.

How to activate the NFC of your Huawei Y5

In order to utilize the NFC on your Huawei Y5, it can be necessary that this setting is enabled on the mobile phone. To activate the NFC on your Huawei Y5, you must go to the Settings menu of the Huawei Y5. Then go to PLUS or ADVANCED PARAMETERS and finally click on NFC. You can then activate or deactivate the NFC of your Huawei Y5. If you’d like to save a little battery, we suggest 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 Y5

Exchange files with NFC

If you’d like to exchange files between your Huawei Y5 and another mobile phone, you can utilize the NFC. For this you need to activate the NFC and you must also activate Android Bean. To accomplish this, go to Settings> More> NFC> Android Beam . Once completed, just bring the two devices closer and choose NFC as an option to share your file.

Pay with the NFC of your Huawei Y5

For now Banks are not yet too developed on the payment NFC. In order to pay with the NFC of your Huawei Y5, you have to do two things. The 1st is to have an app compatible with your bank. The second is to set up his credit card or his account in this app.

Connect to a device

If you wish to pair a device to your Huawei Y5, it could be easier to do it with the NFC. Thus, it is generally enough to activate the NFC Huawei Y5 and stick the mobile phone to the device to create the association. This is for example the case with some bluetooth headsets.