You may have heard the term NFC before, especially if you're an Android user. Google's mobile operating system has had this hardware feature for over a decade, but many users aren't sure what it does.

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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 ...