You’ll likely have seen the abbreviation “NFC” when browsing smartphone, wearable, and app features — but what exactly does it mean? Most smartphones have Near Field Communication, or NFC, technology ...

If home automation in the IoT era has taught us anything, it is that no one wants to run wires. Many of us rent, so new cabling is not even an option, even if we wanted to go that route. If you want a ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Near Field Communication (NFC) is a data-exchanging technology that enables wireless waves to be transmitted between two components: the ...

iPhones running iOS 13 will be able to scan NFC chips in Japanese identity cards. This is as a result of Apple’s decision to allow broader access to the iPhone’s NFC chip by third-party apps. The app ...

Luckily, we’ve already discussed what NFC is and what NFC Tags are and how they work. Let’s now build on that and put the power of NFC tags into your hands using an app named Trigger. Trigger is ...

When iOS 13 arrives, iPhones will be able to read a wider range of Near Field Communication (NFC) tags, including the NFC tags often used in official documentation. Last week, The Verge reported that ...

Researchers funded by the National Science Foundation have developed a method to secure retail transactions using small samples of audio to authenticate devices equipped with Near-Field Communication ...

Apple's Shortcuts is the perfect app to built multistep automations triggered with NFC tags — here's how I'm using it.