{"id":514322,"date":"2026-03-04T19:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T19:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/514322\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T19:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T19:19:10","slug":"samsungs-galaxy-s26-trio-all-use-an-extra-nfc-antenna-for-easier-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/514322\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung&#8217;s Galaxy S26 trio all use an extra NFC antenna for easier payments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Galaxy-S26-color-lineup-1.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The conversation around Samsung\u2019s latest flagship series might center around <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/02\/25\/samsung-galaxy-s26-series-announcement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">how similar they are<\/a> to their respective predecessors \u2014 a complaint that has echoed through the last few generations, if we\u2019re being honest \u2014 but that doesn\u2019t mean your future Galaxy S26 device doesn\u2019t have a few secret upgrades hidden up its sleeve.<\/p>\n<p>As spotted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sammobile.com\/news\/galaxy-s26-additional-nfc-antenna\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SamMobile<\/a>, the Galaxy S26, S26+, and S26 Ultra all include a new NFC antenna built into the top of the phone. This change doesn\u2019t replace the typical NFC antenna Samsung usually builds into the back of its devices; rather, both antennas are working in tandem to improve the range in which a tap-to-pay \u2014 or any other NFC-based transaction, for that matter \u2014 can activate.<\/p>\n<p>The result should mean less time waving your phone in front of a terminal as you wait for your payment to trigger, which, and I\u2019m speaking from personal experience, is the most awkward thing a cashier can watch you try and attempt. It should also allow for quicker and more accurate transfers between devices, especially if you\u2019re trading S26 to S26.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, this is a pretty small change in and of itself, but it is an example of Samsung still managing to find little ways to improve its hardware every generation, something it\u2019s always been fairly good at. Whether that\u2019s enough to push people to upgrade is another story, but with a week left to go on Galaxy S26 pre-order deals, it\u2019s at least one extra feature that wasn\u2019t around on the S25.<\/p>\n<p>\tAdvertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/p>\n<p>The Samsung Galaxy S26 series is now available to pre-order at Samsung.com, with up to $900 in trade-in value or $150 in store credit for additional devices if you forego a trade-in altogether.<\/p>\n<p>More on Samsung:<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5google.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764374954_669_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764374954_276_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/benqurl.biz\/3WZyqpL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-704145\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772651950_838_native-banner_750_150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"140\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The conversation around Samsung\u2019s latest flagship series might center around how similar they are to their respective predecessors&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[49,48,190,61],"class_list":{"0":"post-514322","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mobile","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}