The newest iPhones have NFC enabled natively without the need for an app.

What is nfc tag on my phone. NFC or Near Field Communication tag is a type of Radio Frequency Identification tag that can store information and can communicate without having a power source of its own. Near Field Communication also known as NFC is nowadays built into mostly every Android smartphone. This includes the popular NTAG MIFARE and ICODE series chips.

NFC transmissions are short range from a touch to a few centimetres and require the devices to be in close proximity. Well your iPhone can detect and read information from NFC tags to automate tasks. NFC is not found in Apples iPhone may be the company dont want to integrate NFC to its flagship phone at this stage.

Tap the top of your iPhone to where the NFC tag is located on the object. NFC cannot only be used for mobile payments but it has got variety of other uses also such as NFC tags can be used to turn ON WiFi and do a lot other tasks. Its easy fast and works automatically.

Near Field Communication NFC is an increasingly popular technology these days. Typically an NFC tag contains links to a web address but it can also be set to perform certain actions with your smartphone like turn on the Wi-Fi or turn down the ringer. Or you can skip all of the hardware fiddling and just check your phones Settings menu.

NFC stands for Near Field Communication and with this hardware installed there are a handful of features at your disposal. NFC tags are passive data stores that can be read and under some circumstances written to by an NFC device. Supported devices can use it to read information from electronic tags.

Thats the big idea. The iPhone will scan a wide variety of NFC tags including NFC Forum Type 2 tags. Phones before iPhone 7 do not have NFC capability beyond Apple Pay.