Can NFC on Samsung smartphones interfere with the signal?

[thesotman]

Hi,
I'm getting very bad signal with my Mavic Air 2 and I'm not sure why.
On My Samsung Note 9, I have NFC turned on. Can this interfere with the signal on the Mavic Air 2?

Thanks.

 

[Ringarn]

Just turn it off when you have a bad signal and see what happens

 

[Meta4]

Can this interfere with the signal on the Mavic Air 2?

Probably not ... but since your phone has to be within about an inch of an NFC device to use NFC, it's not something that you're going to need when out flying.

 

[dawgpilot]

I've had NFC enabled for years on my Samsung phone and haven't noticed any issues flying my DJI drones.

Apple phones also have NFC (for Apple Pay), so if there really was an issue here, we'd know about it.

 

[Deleted member 114292]

NFC is only active if it’s put near a transponder.

 

[anotherlab]

NFC is only active if it’s put near a transponder.

The NFC radio on the phone is the transponder. NFC is a very low range protocol, less than 2 inches. NFC tags are only active when they are pinged by the transponder. The signal sent by the NFC transponder is what powers the NFC tag. That's why it only works when you bring a tag right up to a transponder.

NFC operates at 13.56 Mhz. The Mavic 2 Air RC operates at the Wi-Fi frequencies, 2.4 Ghz and 5.8 Ghz. There should be no interference cased by NFC radio on your phone. you can check this by justing turning off NFC on the phone.