How to activate NFC on Amazon Fire HD

The NFC is a quite new and practical technology. This technology is increasingly used on Android phones such as the Amazon Fire HD. 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 how to activate it on your Amazon Fire HD. We will initially find what the NFC is for. We will observe in a secondary time how to activate the NFC on your Amazon Fire HD. Finally, we will explain to you how to use it in different circumstances.

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What is actually the NFC function on your Amazon Fire HD

The NFC that stands for Near Field Communication is in fact a wireless transfer technology. With NFC you can exchange information as well as files between two devices. The peculiarity 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 Amazon Fire HD in order that functions. Thus, the NFC will allow your Amazon Fire HD to be able to exchange files, to connect to another device or to pay without contact. There are many ways to use the NFC of your Amazon Fire HD.

How to activate the NFC of your Amazon Fire HD

To be able to make use of the NFC on your Amazon Fire HD, it can be necessary that this setting is enabled on the mobile. To activate the NFC on your Amazon Fire HD, you must go to the Settings menu of the Amazon Fire HD. Then go to PLUS or ADVANCED PARAMETERS and finally click on NFC. You can then activate or deactivate the NFC of your Amazon Fire HD. If you wish to save a little battery, we advise you to activate the NFC only if you use it and to deactivate it the rest of the time.

How to use the NFC with your Amazon Fire HD

Exchange files with NFC

If you wish to exchange files between your Amazon Fire HD and another mobile, you may use the NFC. For this you must activate the NFC and you should also activate Android Bean. To make this happen, go to Settings> More> NFC> Android Beam . Once done, just bring the two mobile phones closer and select NFC as an option to share your file.

Pay with the NFC of your Amazon Fire HD

For now Banks are not yet too developed on the payment NFC. To be able to pay with the NFC of your Amazon Fire HD, you must do two things. The initially is to have an application compatible with your bank. The second is to set up his credit card or his account in this application.

Connect to a device

If you desire to pair a device to your Amazon Fire HD, it could be easier to do it with the NFC. Thus, it is often enough to activate the NFC Amazon Fire HD and stick the cellphone to the device to get the association. This is for example the case with some bluetooth headsets.