NFC soon

[Frederick Rochette]

Will we soon be able to make NFC payments with our watches?

[SuperFlo75]

Were did you find this? Is it in the app? Beta version?

[HonzaS]

@Frederick-Rochette I wish it were true.

[GiPFELKiND]

@SuperFlo75 oh wow would be great function

[Egika]

Soon or Suuntoish?

[Tami999]

I’ve heard from Suunto watch tester that Suunto working for long time on watch payments but didn’t know when they gonna add. They wanted to be sure about safety and how it works.

[HonzaS]

@Tami999 If I’m not mistaken, few months ago in another topic, @miroslava send link to some conversation, where somebody from suunto said, that NFC payment is ready, but they must complete some legislative things or what. So maybe we’re going to finish.

[Miroslava]

@HonzaS Yes, I’ve also heard that this has been in the works for a long time, but it’s likely a matter of sorting out the legislation. And it won’t be added to older models.

[elbee]

@HonzaS

They must also negotiate with banks or other financial organisations.

I had garmin pay on my previous watch, but my bank didn’t support it. I think there is only 1 bank in my country that supports it. I did open a bankaccount that said to support garmin pay, but after a few months it stopped working. I contacted the support department of that bank and they pointed me to a page on their website with supported devices. The page wasn’t updated in ages and only showed ancient garmin models. Apparently that bank couldn’t bother. So closed the account again. Must say, in the time it did work I only used it once to see if it works. Most of the time I have my phone near by.

[Egika]

When I had the Suunto 7, I found it perfect for my weekend morning runs, to stop at the bakery and get some rolls for breakfast. Pay those with my sport watch and no need to carry a phone or anything else.

[Dimitrios Kanellopoulos]

@Frederick-Rochette you might be looking at mockup features and screens. There are tons like dive planning etc

How did you manage to get this screen ?

[Manuel Extreme]

Vertical 2 has an NFC antenna listed in its specifications. There’s a Reddit post about it from a year ago.

https://ns.suunto.com/Manuals/Suunto_Vertical_2/Saftey_and_Regulatory/Suunto_Vertical_2_Safety_Regulatory_Information.pdf

[Frederick Rochette]

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos it’s in the APP in bêta version

[Martin Vrska]

@Frederick-Rochette I have the beta version of the app, but I don’t have that.

[Tami999]

@Martin-Vrska said:

@Frederick-Rochette I have the beta version of the app, but I don’t have that.

Same here, I missing this one in Beta. Maybe depends on country.

[Squirrel]

@Martin-Vrska said:

I have the beta version of the app, but I don’t have that.

Looks like iOS app

[Martin Vrska]

@Squirrel Ah, so that must be the reason.

[Tieutieu]

I use iOS beta app and don’t have it…but probably because I don’t have neither SR2, SV2 or SRs3 (this one should arrive soon at my wrist)

[Tami999]

Ian curious also about that Race 3 (not 3S) on the list

[2b2bff]

@Tami999 from the FCC filings the 3S has NFC, too…