NFC on iPhone 11 Triggering iPhone 12 Pro with iOS 14.3

Hi scubarich13,

From your post, it sounds like Apple Pay is unexpectedly being activated while walking with your iPhones.

Apple Pay is activated by double clicking the side button as explained in this support article: How to use Apple Pay

All the best.

scubarich13,

Thanks for confirming. Does the issue persist if you are not walking, but have the phones together? If you disable "double-click home button" in Settings > Wallet & Apple Pay, does Apple Pay still get enabled?

Take care.

Same issue here. Happens on iPhone 12 Pro (where apple pay is on) and companion phone iPhone XS. Just updated both to iOS 14.4 and still the issue persists. Bringing the iPhone 12 Pro close to the iPhone XS will activate the Apple Pay most times. This is annoying as sometime having two phones you will stack them on top of each other, and if Apple Pay keeps on showing asking “Double-Click to Pay”, it gets irritating after some time. No solution here other than keeping the two phones apart...

I was carrying a XS Max and 12 pro with no issues. I upgraded the XS to and 11 pro Max and now see the issue when near my 12. It’s always the 12 that pops Apple Pay. Super annoying. They can be sitting on the desk next to each other and I start hearing the vibrate of “double click to pay” and see my card on the screen. Let’s go Apple, need a solve here.

Have the same issue. My personal 11 pro max has Apple Pay enabled. My work phone just got upgraded from a 7 to a 12, and now when I put the phones together the 12 triggers the 11’s Apple Pay.

super annoying.

Same issue here. iPhone 12 Apple Pay triggered by iPhone Xr. When I just put one phone on top of the other on my desk or else for example. This is super annoying as it then also vibrates twice etc. Any solution?! Thanks

I’m having the exact same problem. I have a XR for work and a XSMAX as my personal phone. The XSMAX frequently opens Apple Pay when I put them in my shirt pocket together. It would be bad enough if it just opened and sat there draining the battery but it constantly chirps when it opens. I’m sure it’s a near field communication issue of some sort. I’d really love to be able to disable this if possible.

Thanks

I have the same problem with an iPhone 12 (iOS 14.4.2) triggering Apple Pay on an iPhone 8+ (iOS 14.4.2) when they are side by side within about 1 cm or stacked. This only happens when the iPhone 12 screen is on regardless of whether it has been unlocked by Face ID or not.

Same problem here. I have a "work" iPhone 11 (MWKP2LL/A) and a "personal" iPhone 12 Pr (MGK53LL/A), both running iOS 14.4.2.

I don't use Apple Pay/Wallet on the iPhone 11, so no idea if it would be triggered, but the iPhone 12 will come on with the phones side by side, stacked, in my pocket, etc. Annoying!

Could someone from Apple react to this thread? This is a daily and even multiple times a day annoyance for your ‘best’ customers (who carry around 2 last generation iPhones all the time). I don’t think it is acceptable leaving this topic hanging like this. Thanks

For some reason this issue hasn’t happened for the past couple of f weeks. Maybe it was the last update to the phones?? Not sure and not completely convinced it’s resolved. I didn’t change any settings on the phones. I’m running iOS 14.5.1 right now.

Could someone from Apple react to this thread?

Apple does not respond to discussions here.

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