How to activate NFC on Huawei

You have downloaded and installed apps on your Huawei smartphone or smartwatch that allow you to make payments via POS or transfer files, using NFC technology. The problem, however, is that you are not tech-savvy and you don’t really know how to leverage these apps. Or rather, you don’t know how to activate the NFC technology, which is necessary for them to work. Don’t worry: I’m here to help you today!

In this guide, in fact, I will show you how to activate NFC on Huawei regardless of whether you have a smartphone or a smartwatch from a famous Chinese company. I will therefore explain the procedures to activate this feature, which you can use with apps that take advantage of its features, and how to use it to the fullest. But first, do not worry, I will explain in more detail what NFC technology is and how it works, in order to better clarify your ideas about it.

How do you say? Can’t wait to start reading the tips and advice I have prepared for you in this tutorial of mine? Very well! Then sit down comfortably and pay attention to the procedures that I will show you in the next chapters, so as to be sure you understand the topic better and be able to activate the NFC technology on the Huawei smartphone or smartwatch in your possession without any difficulty. All that remains for me is to wish you a good reading and a good time!

 Index

• What is NFC
• How to activate NFC on Huawei smartphone
• How to activate NFC on Huawei smartwatch

What is NFC

Before starting to talk to you about the procedures you will need to carry out on your smartphone or Huawei smartwatch in your possession, it is important to clarify what NFC technology is and how it is generally used.

If you don’t know, the NFC ( Near Field Communication ) technology was created to allow you to transfer data between two devices that are at a very short distance from each other (maximum 4 centimeters), without the use of no connecting cables.

On Huawei smartphones or smartwatches, as well as many other models of phones and smartwatches, an NFC chip is integrated that allows these devices to communicate with others who also have the same technology. Through NFC, in fact, it is possible to transfer both files, such as photos, videos or documents, or send information, such as those to make a payment.

For example, through Google Pay you can configure a credit card (among those compatible with this service) on your Google account, in order to use NFC technology on your smartphone or smartwatch and therefore be able to make payments via POS.

If you want to know more about how to use Google Pay to pay in any store via the NFC technology of your smartphone or smartwatch, I suggest you read my guide dedicated to this topic. In addition, you can consult my guide on how NFC works, in which I will explain in greater detail what this technology is and the different areas in which it is used.

How to activate NFC on Huawei smartphone

To activate NFC technology on a Huawei smartphone, the procedure you need to carry out takes only a few minutes.

First, tap the gear icon ( Settings ) to access the Android settings panel on your smartphone. At this point, scroll the screen and select the Device connection item. Once this is done, press the NFC wording and, in the new section that is shown to you, move the lever from OFF to ON near the NFC  item and, by doing so, you will have activated this feature that you can use with some apps, such as Google Pay.

As an alternative to the procedure I indicated in the previous lines, you can activate NFC technology directly from the Android Notification Center: to do this, swipe from top to bottom, near the top edge of the screen. Then perform another swipe from top to bottom, in order to expand the menu of quick start icons to the features of the Huawei smartphone: among those that are shown to you, locate the NFC icon and tap on it to activate it technology. You can understand if the NFC function is active on the smartphone, if you find the N icon in the upper edge of the display, right next to the battery indicator.

Do you want to disable NFC technology on the Huawei smartphone? Nothing easier! What you have to do is go over “reverse” the same procedures I have led in the preceding paragraphs: move the lever from ON to OFF in the vicinity of the voice NFC, in the Panel Settings Android, or push back the ‘ NFC icon that find in the Android Notification Center, to disable it.

How to activate NFC on Huawei smartwatch

Some Huawei smartwatches are equipped with NFC chips that allow you to communicate with other devices that have this same technology, in order to be able to transfer data. This feature is very convenient, for example, when used in combination with Google Pay , so as to make payments via POS, without having to take the smartphone out of your pocket or bag.

To activate NFC technology on a Huawei smartwatch, swipe from top to bottom near the top edge of the display: in doing so, you will be shown the WearOS features quick start menu. In the screen that is shown to you, tap on the icon with the gear , in order to access the settings of the wearable device.

At this point, scroll through the different items, until you find the one called Connectivity. Now, press on the latter and select the NFC item. In the section dedicated to configuring this feature, move the lever from OFF to ON near the word NFC . If you have correctly performed the procedure I have indicated, you will have activated the NFC function on the Huawei smartwatch.

If you want to temporarily disable the NFC technology, you will have to reach the appropriate section in the WearOS settings again, following the same procedure “in reverse” as I indicated in the previous lines. You will therefore have to move the lever from ON to OFF near the NFC entry , in order to disable this feature. Easier than that?