Users who are familiar with Android Pay which has now been branded to Google Pay are familiar with a feature where you can pay with your device near a terminal as long as it’s unlocked. Moving from Google Pay to Samsung Pay has you lose a feature that can make you have extra steps. I’ve seen users complain about waking your phone and swiping up to bring up your cards which prompts you to authenticate with a pin or biometrics. This seems to be more of a hassle to Samsung Pay users who were once Google Pay users.
I have a trick for you guys that you may have not known. Make sure you have set up Samsung Pay along with a card to use for payment. When the terminal you’ll be paying at prompts you for payment, hold your phone against the reader. You’ll have your cards pop up for you to authenticate and pay. Your screen must be on for this process to work.
This allows you to skip the process of swiping up to bring up your cards. Also useful if you’re in a certain app and don’t want to fumble around to exit the app and launch Samsung Pay. Although keep in mind that this only works with NFC enabled card payment terminals and not MST.
