How to activate NFC on Huawei Mate S

The NFC is a quite new and practical technology. This technology is progressively used on Android cell phones including the Huawei Mate S. Thanks to the NFC it will be easy to do several things in many fields of activity. So we made the decision to write this article to rough the subject of the NFC and show you how to activate it on your Huawei Mate S. We will first find what the NFC is for. We will discover in a second time how to activate the NFC on your Huawei Mate S. 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 Huawei Mate S

The NFC that stands for Near Field Communication is actually a wireless transfer technology. With NFC you may exchange information or 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 very close to your Huawei Mate S so that it operates. So, the NFC will allow your Huawei Mate S to be able to exchange files, to connect to another device or to pay without contact. There are several ways to use the NFC of your Huawei Mate S.

How you can activate the NFC of your Huawei Mate S

In order to make use of the NFC on your Huawei Mate S, it is necessary that this setting is enabled on the phone. To activate the NFC on your Huawei Mate S, you need to go to the Settings menu of the Huawei Mate S. Then go to PLUS or ADVANCED PARAMETERS and finally click on NFC. You may then activate or deactivate the NFC of your Huawei Mate S. If you’d like to save a little battery, we suggest you to activate the NFC only if you use it and to deactivate it the rest of the time.

How you can use the NFC with your Huawei Mate S

Exchange files with NFC

If you’d like to exchange files between your Huawei Mate S and another phone, you can use the NFC. For this you must activate the NFC and you should also activate Android Bean. To get this done, go to Settings> More> NFC> Android Beam . Once completed, simply bring the 2 phones closer and choose NFC as an option to share your file.

Pay with the NFC of your Huawei Mate S

For now Banks are not yet too developed on the payment NFC. In order to pay with the NFC of your Huawei Mate S, you need to do 2 things. The initially 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 desire to pair a device to your Huawei Mate S, it could be easier to do it with the NFC. So, it is often enough to activate the NFC Huawei Mate S and stick the phone to the device to create the association. This is for example the case with some bluetooth headsets.