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Android 15 could enable wireless charging over NFC

In May 2020, the NFC Forum introduced NFC Wireless Charging, a standard for offering wireless charging over Near-Field Communication (NFC). This specification offers up to 1W of power transfer over a distance of 2cm. So, if there are two devices supporting this protocol, one device can send up to 1W of power to another device […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
6 months ago

Galaxy Watch 6 supports Tap & Pay in India via Samsung Wallet

After unveiling the Galaxy Watch 6 series during the Galaxy Unpacked event two days ago, Samsung announced the pricing and availability of its new smartwatches for the Indian market. The Galaxy Watch 6 is now available for pre-order in India. During the price reveal, the company announced that the Galaxy Watch 6 series supports NFC […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
1 year ago

January 2023 update fixes Samsung Knox and Secure Folder flaws

Samsung has released the January 2023 security patch onto a few Galaxy phones, starting with the Galaxy Note 10. The company has now published the changelog for the first security maintenance release of the year, detailing numerous fixes for Android OS and Samsung software. On the Android side, the January 2023 security patch doesn't contain […]

By Mihai Matei
2 years ago

Future Samsung phones could let you charge devices through NFC

The latest specification of near-field communication protocols confirmed by the NFC Forum includes support for wireless charging not too unlike Samsung's Wireless PowerShare, a technology first introduced with the Galaxy S10 lineup just over a year ago. From a pure performance perspective, the NFC-based solution can't compare to PowerShare as its rates peak at a […]

By Dominik Bosnjak
4 years ago

MSC Cruises teams up with Samsung to create plans for a ‘next-generation smart ship’

MSC Cruises has today announced that it has teamed up with Samsung to develop plans for a “next-generation smart ship.” The MSC Seaview will feature the same traditional exterior appearance as a cruise liner, but its interior will be decked out with a whole host of NFC-dependent technology that has been designed to improve the […]

By Josh L.
8 years ago

Samsung explains everything about its newest NFC chip

The use of NFC chips in smartphones and tablets has increased over the past couple of years. Samsung has always at the forefront when it comes to the usage of latest communication technologies in its devices. The Galaxy S2 was one of the first Android smartphones to use an NFC chip and since then there have been improvements in […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
10 years ago

UnionPay and Samsung collaborate to launch NFC based payments in China

ZDNet is reporting that UnionPay has launched NFC based payment service in China in a collaboration with Samsung. UnionPay, also known as China UnionPay (CUP), is China's only domestic bank card company with around 80 percent market share in offline payment. UnionPay users can immediately start using the NFC based payment service after they save the card information through UnionPay's […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
10 years ago

Tizen’s NFC functionality demoed on video, will have inbuilt NFC Tag writing app

While Apple may be staying away from NFC technology, other manufacturers and OS makers have been embracing it with open arms (for example, both Android and Windows Phone support it), and it seems Samsung might be doing the same on Tizen right from the get-go – a video showing off the NFC functionality on a […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
11 years ago

Visa and Samsung Sign Global Alliance Agreement to Accelerate Mobile (NFC) Payments

Samsung and Visa have just signed a Global Alliance Agreement to Accelerate Mobile (NFC) Payments. Last Year, Visa and Samsung tested the mobile payment system during Olympics 2012 and it looks like the Olympics trial went well. Samsung and Visa want to go all global with their new mobile payment system. Visa has convinced Samsung […]

By Faryaab S.
12 years ago

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