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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 22 points 10 months ago (8 children)

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 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Android got rid of NFC and Beam

[–] d2k1@feddit.de 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

NFC isn't going anywhere, what are you on about?

[–] unrelatedkeg@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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.

Beam was a mixture of NFC and Bluetooth/WiFi direct if I recall correctly. So while it isn't going anywhere, a lot of functionality was lost.

[–] d2k1@feddit.de 2 points 10 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.

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