How to activate NFC on Honor 8 Pro

The NFC is a quite new and practical technology. This technology is significantly used on Android mobile phones such as the Honor 8 Pro. Thanks to the NFC it will be easy to do lots of things in several fields of activity. So we decided to write this content to rough the subject of the NFC and show you the right way to activate it on your Honor 8 Pro. We will first find what the NFC is for. We will discover in a secondary time how you can activate the NFC on your Honor 8 Pro. Finally, we will show you how you can use it in different situations.

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What is actually the NFC function on your Honor 8 Pro

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 2 devices. The attribute of this wireless technology is that it has a range of just a couple of centimeters. It will be required that the device with which you use the NFC is highly close to your Honor 8 Pro in order that it operates. So, the NFC will allow your Honor 8 Pro 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 Honor 8 Pro.

How to activate the NFC of your Honor 8 Pro

To be able to utilize the NFC on your Honor 8 Pro, it can be necessary that this setting is enabled on the mobile phone. To activate the NFC on your Honor 8 Pro, you must go to the Settings menu of the Honor 8 Pro. Then go to PLUS or ADVANCED PARAMETERS and finally click on NFC. You can then activate or deactivate the NFC of your Honor 8 Pro. If you desire 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 Honor 8 Pro

Exchange files with NFC

If you desire to exchange data files between your Honor 8 Pro and another mobile phone, you may use the NFC. For this you need to activate the NFC and you should also activate Android Bean. To do this, go to Settings> More> NFC> Android Beam . Once done, simply bring the 2 mobile phones closer and choose NFC as an option to share your file.

Pay with the NFC of your Honor 8 Pro

For now Banks are not yet too developed on the payment NFC. To be able to pay with the NFC of your Honor 8 Pro, you have to do 2 things. The 1st is to have an application compatible with your bank. The secondary is to set up his credit card or his account in this application.

Connect to a device

If you’d like to pair a device to your Honor 8 Pro, it can be easier to do it with the NFC. So, it is frequently enough to activate the NFC Honor 8 Pro and stick the cellphone to the device to generate the association. This is for example the case with some bluetooth headsets.