Android got rid of NFC and Beam
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mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Three years ago I predicted Apple would remove wifi from phones and call it a feature.
So far, I was wrong. Thank fuck.
unrelatedkeg@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
d2k1@feddit.de 5 months ago
NFC isn’t going anywhere, what are you on about?
unrelatedkeg@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
I mean Google Pay works, and that’s about it. I used to be able to read RFIDs and emulate my train pass, but it just “doesn’t recognize” it.
d2k1@feddit.de 5 months ago
I see. Never used NFC for much other than mobile pay, pairing Bluetooth devices and occasionally reading NFC tags for specific tasks. RFID or NFC train passes aren’t a thing where I live and I don’t think I ever used Beam or something like it with NFC (nowadays there is Nearby Share which is just Bluetooth, I think). So I was confused why you would say Android removed NFC, because for me it works just like it has from the beginning.
Zink@programming.dev 5 months ago
They seem to be all about wireless though. Things like the charging port, sim tray (do the latest still use physical sims at all?), and any remaining mechanical buttons seem like obvious candidates.
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
They still would be - but 5G only, with no use for local networks. “No more wifi passwords,” they’d say. Like it’s a convenience.
Zink@programming.dev 5 months ago
Your “no more wifi passwords” example just felt too real. I still don’t see WiFi going away on their devices, but I could totally imagine a new proprietary network layer that lets you jump between random access points securely with no password, as long as you’re signed into iCloud.
fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
That would never work out for them, cellular uses way more battery