ULTRALOQ, the smart lock brand under Xthings, has rolled out a major update to its Bolt NFC lock that extends tap-to-unlock functionality to most Android smartphones. The feature, previously limited ...

Google released Android 15 Beta 1 yesterday, and users who tested it are reporting that the NFC functionality is broken after installing it. There are also other problems related to the stability of ...

Google is rolling out Android 15 beta 1.1. Most notably, this update fixes NFC, which does not work on beta 1. The point update also addresses a few other bugs. On April 11, Google pushed out the ...

Google has been on a multi-year journey to kill fragmentation in the Android ecosystem. When I’m talking about Android fragmentation, I’m referring to how there are many, many different ...

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I saw a random thread somewhere recently, might have been reddit, in which it was described that newer phones don't have the menu bar toggle for NFC anymore. My old trusty OnePlus 5 does and it's ...

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Wireless charging is typically handled by the Qi standard, but it seems Android is adding overdue support for charging via NFC, but it’s unclear what it may be used for. Back in 2020, the NFC standard ...