Some of the new smartphone announced by Tecno, Innjoo and Infinix in Nigeria and some other MediaTek SoC based smartphones all comes with a feature called HotKnot. This technology allows the capacitive touchscreen on smartphones to interact thus different types of data can be transferred.
HotKnot is a connectivity option which is also based on near-field communication technology like NFC. However, in order for the tech to work well the smartphones must be placed in close proximity at least within 1 centimeter range. Once that connection has been established between the two devices, then data can be exchanged.
While most smartphones have either NFC, HotKnot or none at all, the owners know little about these features. With Hotknot being out pick, we would like to teach you how to use HotKnot to share Contacts, Media and Files on Your smartphone.
How to use HotKnot to share Contacts, Media and Files on Your smartphone
- • The first thing to note is you must have a HotKnot enabled smartphone and the smartphone you are about to pair with must have the same connectivity too. Then you should know how to switch HotKnot on and off.
The enable HotKnot on your smartphone, swipe the screen down to access the quick settings panel and toggle HotKnot on or off. You can also go the long way by navigating to Setting >All > HotKnot to switch on. A question comes up instantly saying “Allow data exchange when the screen touches another device?”
• Once you toggle HotKnot on, locate the file you want to share. Once you have spotted the file, look for the share button below or above the file you want to share. Once you tap the HotKnot share button, the final instruction comes up.
• After clicking on the HotKnot share button, both smartphones are placed screen-to-screen to initiate the transfer and you would asked to accept transfer when the whole process is done. Both smartphones can finally be put apart after the transfer.
HotKnot is a much more cost effective compared to NFC however the latter is more sound all round and faster in transfer. Hotknot gives you the same performance expected from NFC – users can share Wi-Fi connectivity, Bluetooth pairing, exchange mobile payments, contact data, application data and more.
