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# Why Does My iPhone Think a Nexus 7 is an Apple Pay Terminal?
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/apple-pay-what/
- Published: 2014-11-22T07:44:00.000Z
- Updated: 2014-11-22T07:44:00.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

I had rested my iPhone 6 on my Nexus 7 today and something weird happened: Passbook opened up on my phone and asked me to use my thumbprint to authorize a payment. "huh?" I asked, understandably confused. Here's video showing it off:

I don't know enough about NFC and Apple Pay to know how this happens. I presume it has something to do with Apple Pay looking for a certain frequency, but I'm not sure. If anyone has a good explanation, I'd love to know!