One of the advances in Google’s new Gingerbread release of Android and the Samsung Nexus S is support for NFC (near field communication). NFC is a wireless mechanism for transmitting short pieces of ...

Google is rumored to have a "tap-to-add" card function in development for Wallet. Signs in a Play Services beta suggest Google could let users hold their card close to their phones to add their card ...

Google is reportedly working on a new feature that would allow you to more easily add your credit and debit cards to its Wallet service. The contactless feature doesn’t yet have a functional ...

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 ...

The NFC Forum is looking to advance the standard with a “multi-purpose tap” concept that combines payments with other common interactions. The idea is to make each transaction richer and faster. If ...

Android 15 is set to revolutionize how devices charge by potentially enabling NFC (near-field communication) technology. Commonly used for contactless payments and to charge phones wirelessly, this ...