New tag scanned notification

[vinnysik]

I think it it utterly ridiculous that, by the default settings, every time my phone approaches my left wrist and gets near my watch that my whole screen changes to a notification that says "new tag scanned." I read that the solution is to turn NFC off on the watch for Samsung Health, but what if I want to scan the treadmill easily, will that disable the feature? 

[AAbbott]

You can keep NFC toggled off.  You can turn it on any time you need to use it.  It will turn on when Samsung wallet is accessed and stay on (on the watch), so if you use the wallet from the watch, you will have turn NFC off after use.  It does not matter whether you turn off NFC on the watch or the phone or both.  Either one can be turned on or off at will.

[AAbbott]

NFC can be turned on or off at will.  You should keep it off until you need it on.

[vinnysik]

Tbh i dont know why i wouldnt want to keep it on. Seems like an inconvenience to keep toggling it on and off and I dont see it as much of a security issue.

[AAbbott]

It may not be a security issue, but you are the one that has a problem with it scanning whenever your phone is in proximity to your watch.  Turn it off on one device or the other if you don't want it to scan, although I don't understand how your phone gets that close to your watch in the first place.  In order for NFC to scan, you must basically be touching devices in the exact spot where the sensor is located on the back of the phone.