Galaxy S26 Enhances Mobile Payments with Dual NFC Antennas

Galaxy S26 introduces a top-mounted NFC antenna, improving mobile payments and tap-to-pay reliability for users.
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Galaxy S26 Enhances Mobile Payments with Dual NFC Antennas
Galaxy S26 NFC Antenna Upgrade Improves Mobile Payments Samsung’s Galaxy S26 is reportedly making a major improvement for mobile payments with a new NFC antenna design. Most smartphones today have a single NFC antenna placed in the middle or lower part of the device, which sometimes leads to frustrating experiences when making contactless payments. Users often have to adjust or reposition their phones on card readers to complete transactions. With the Galaxy S26 NFC antenna upgrade, Samsung aims to make tap-to-pay more seamless and reliable, addressing one of the most common frustrations among mobile payment users. Image : Google The new feature reportedly adds a second NFC antenna to the top of the Galaxy S26 , complementing the existing one near the rear camera area. This clever design ensures that the phone can be detected by card readers more easily, no matter how the user holds it. Whether paying at a store or using the phone as an NFC reader for peer-to-peer transactions, this hardw…