How To Setup Using NFC – Sony SmartBand

How To Setup Using NFC - Sony SmartBand
How To Setup Using NFC - Sony SmartBand

Learn how to Setup Using NFC on your Sony SmartBand. For your SmartBand to work, it must be connected to your Android device and the latest versions of the following applications must be installed on the Android device: Smart Connect, SmartBand and Lifelog.

  • If you set up your SmartBand using NFC, you are guided during setup to Google Play, from where you can install the necessary applications to use with your SmartBand.
  • If you set up your SmartBand using Bluetooth, you have to go through some extra steps to install the necessary applications from Google Play and connect to your Android device.
  • The Smart Connect application is pre-installed on all Android devices from Sony Mobile at purchase. Make sure that you update it to the latest version.
  • After the SmartBand application is installed, it is not located on the Application screen. You can access it under Devices in the Smart Connect application after your SmartBand is connected to the Android device.

To set up your SmartBand using NFC

  • Make sure that your SmartBand is charged for at least 30 minutes.
  • Android device: Make sure you have installed or updated the Smart Connect application to the latest version from Google Play.
  • Android device: Make sure that the NFC function is turned on and that the screen is active and unlocked.
  • Place the Android device over your SmartBand so that the NFC area of each device touches the other, then follow the instructions on the Android device to install the SmartBand application and the Lifelog application. appears in the status bar when the SmartBand is connected.

Note

If you touch the NFC areas of each device to each other after all applications are installed and your SmartBand is on and connected, the Lifelog application starts automatically.

Reconnecting your SmartBand using NFC

  • If your SmartBand loses connection, for example, when the connected Android device goes out of range, you can reconnect the two devices using NFC.

To reconnect your SmartBand using NFC

  • Android device: Make sure that the NFC function is turned on and that the screen is active and unlocked.
  • Place the Android device over your SmartBand so that the NFC detection area of each device touches the other. icon appears in the status bar when the SmartBand is connected.
Amarnath Natarajan

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