▲ 41 ▼ I Bought a Linux Phone in 2026 - YouTube (www.youtube.com) submitted 8 months ago by harmbugler@piefed.social to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ca 25 comments fedilink hide all child comments Sure, the year of the Linux Desktop might be around the corner, but what about the year of the Linux Phone!
[–] sveltecider@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago (3 children) Is NFC gone entirely? Would yubikeys with nfc work? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 8 months ago They'd work. You might need to install play services for those, not totally sure (Google has shoved an annoying amount of functionality into play services). NFC itself is functional, but various apps that support NFC may not work because of Play Integrity. permalink fedilink source parent [–] shortable@feddit.online 2 points 8 months ago I logged into my credit card app by holding the card to the NFC reader on graphene permalink fedilink source parent [–] 18107@aussie.zone 1 point 8 months ago I can't say for GrapheneOS, but NFC still works on my Fairphone 6 with /e/OS without play services. I can't use NFC for payments, but I also can't log in to my bank's app without play services. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 8 months ago They'd work. You might need to install play services for those, not totally sure (Google has shoved an annoying amount of functionality into play services). NFC itself is functional, but various apps that support NFC may not work because of Play Integrity. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shortable@feddit.online 2 points 8 months ago I logged into my credit card app by holding the card to the NFC reader on graphene permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 18107@aussie.zone 1 point 8 months ago I can't say for GrapheneOS, but NFC still works on my Fairphone 6 with /e/OS without play services. I can't use NFC for payments, but I also can't log in to my bank's app without play services. permalink fedilink source parent