In this guide, we will show you the steps to change the default NFC payment app in Pixel. Making transactions via Point of Sale Terminal using NFC is now the preferred mode of payment for numerous users. Apart from carrying out this transaction via credit or debit card, you could now also do the same via your Android device, including the ones from Pixel.
In this regard, the Pixel device tends to automatically assign a default payment app for NFC, and more often than not, you will find the Google Pay app having an abode in that section. However, it isn’t engraved there and you have granular control to switch over to any other banking app of your choice. And in this guide, we will show you how to do just that. Follow along.
How to Change the Default NFC Payment App in Pixel
- Head over to Settings > Connected Devices > Connection Preferences.
- Then select NFC from the list and go to the Contactless Payment section.
- Now go to Default Payment App and select the desired app from the list.
Apart from that, you could also keep the device payment app as it is and instead instruct the device to give preference to a non-default payment app when the latter is opened. For example, let’s say you have Google Pay and Paytm, out of which Google pay is your default payment app. So you could leave it your default app and tell your device to switch to Paytm while making a payment when the Paytm app is opened. Here’s how it could be done:
- Head over to Settings > Connected Devices > Connection Preferences.
- Then select NFC from the list and go to the Contactless Payment section.
- Now go to Use Default Payment App and select Except when another payment app is opened.
That’s it. These were the steps to change the default payment app for NFC in Pixel. Likewise, we have also listed the steps to instruct the device to switch over to a non-default payment app when it is opened in the foreground. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.
