What is NFC on Huawei? We explain

NFC is a new wireless technology that is already used in many smartphones and tablets, but also in checking and credit cards. How to find out if your Huawei device has an NFC chip and what exactly the technology is used for, you can read here.

Huawei: What is NFC

NFC is the abbreviation for Near Field Communication and refers to a radio standard for wireless data transmission. NFC technology is used primarily for payment transactions, but also for data exchange between devices such as smartphones and tablets. For example, NFC allows you to pay for your purchases at the checkout without contact using your smartphone or a card by holding the device or card close to the reader at the checkout.

How to check whether your Huawei smartphone has an NFC chip

In order to use NFC technology, however, you need to have a smartphone with an integrated NFC chip. If you have a Huawei-branded device, you can check whether it has NFC by opening the device's quick launch overview.

1. To do this, swipe down from the top of the home screen and look for the NFC icon in the quick launch overview.
2. Möchten Sie die NFC-Funktion zum Bezahlen nutzen, tippen Sie das NFC-Symbol einfach an, um die Funktion zu aktivieren.
3. Benötigen Sie die NFC-Funktion gerade nicht, empfiehlt es sich, diese auszuschalten. Tippen Sie hierfür bitte erneut auf das NFC-Symbol, damit die Funktion wieder deaktiviert wird.