NXP Tech Helps Secure Wearable Payments on Garmin Fitness Trackers

NXP Semiconductors technology is playing an important supporting role in the mobile payment capabilities of two wearable devices from Garmin, the company has announced. NXP Tech Helps Secure Wearable Payments on Garmin Fitness Trackers. Its PN8OT embedded Secure Element and NFC solution is being used in Garmin’s Vivoactive 3 and Forerunner 645 Music fitness tracking bands, both of which support contactless payments via a system called Garmin Pay. In addition to enabling tap-to-pay functionality with the fitness-tracking bands, NXP’s technology supports Mastercard and Visa tokenization services, allowing for EMV-like security for Garmin Pay transactions.