I love this phone but one of the few things that's been driving me crazy about it is how tap to pay works through Google Wallet. I open the app with the phone unlocked, tap my phone to the reader, and then it prompts me for my fingerprint. Why is it prompting me for that when the phone is already unlocked? On some terminals this causes the POS system to glitch out and the cashier has to reinitiate the payment. If I'm forced to enter my security credentials even when the phone is unlocked, why not prompt me BEFORE I attempt to make the payment, rather than having me initiate the payment just to have it fail and then prompt me? Previous phones that I've had don't work this way.
I did some Googling and apparently on most phones under the NFC settings, there's a security option to prevent this from happening, but that doesn't seem to be present on this phone. Is anyone familiar with a workaround?
So with my 4xl I looked at the phone, pulled down the notification shade, clicked the Google pay tile and tapped.
But, I've run across a few posts here where it sounds like people have quicker access to it than that. Sounds like I've been using the slow mo way.
I'm on 7 pro now. What's the easiest way to tap to pay?