How to activate NFC on Samsung Galaxy A12

The NFC is a quite new and useful technology. This technology is progressively used on Android cell phones including the Samsung Galaxy A12. Thanks to the NFC it is possible to do several things in many fields of activity. So we decided to write this article to rough the subject of the NFC and show you the right way to activate it on your Samsung Galaxy A12. We will first discover what the NFC is for. We will observe in a second time how you can activate the NFC on your Samsung Galaxy A12. 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 Samsung Galaxy A12

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 2 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 highly close to your Samsung Galaxy A12 so that it works. Thus, the NFC will allow your Samsung Galaxy A12 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 Samsung Galaxy A12.

How you can activate the NFC of your Samsung Galaxy A12

To be able to use the NFC on your Samsung Galaxy A12, it is necessary that this setting is enabled on the mobile. To activate the NFC on your Samsung Galaxy A12, you need to go to the Settings menu of the Samsung Galaxy A12. Then go to PLUS or ADVANCED PARAMETERS and finally click on NFC. You can then activate or deactivate the NFC of your Samsung Galaxy A12. If you’d like 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 you can use the NFC with your Samsung Galaxy A12

Exchange files with NFC

If you’d like to exchange data files between your Samsung Galaxy A12 and another mobile, you may 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 done, simply bring the 2 mobile phones closer and select NFC as an option to share your file.

Pay with the NFC of your Samsung Galaxy A12

For now Banks are not yet too developed on the payment NFC. To be able to pay with the NFC of your Samsung Galaxy A12, you need to do 2 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

When you want pair a device to your Samsung Galaxy A12, it could be easier to do it with the NFC. Thus, it is often enough to activate the NFC Samsung Galaxy A12 and stick the cellphone to the device to create the association. This is for example the truth with some bluetooth headsets.