Name: The Technology You Have No Idea You're Using
Uploaded: 2016-04-22
Duration: 1 min 4 s
Description: It makes paying for things a lot easier.

[ MUSIC ] NFC stands for near field communication. It's a technology that allows you to wirelessly tap your phone onto another device and transfer payment. NFC technology is being used to power Apple's mobile payments technology, Apple Pay, as well as Google's Android pay technology. And both of those technologies basically just allow you to tap your phone against a device at a point of sale, at your cash register and then payments will just be authenticated that way. NFC is actually far more secure than just having a credit card because. Your phone is almost the authentication. With Apple pay and Android pay they have another layer of authentication with your thumb print, and both of those devices, when you tap your phone, your phone will ask you to press your thumb to your button or on the screen and it all authenticates based on your finger print. [ MUSIC ]