Which smart phones support Near-Field Communication (NFC)?

October 30, 2023 4:06 pm Published by

Apple iOS

If you don’t have the option to manually enable the NFC Tag Reader to your iPhone, then either your phone uses automatic Background Tag Reading, or your iPhone is too old to have NFC capabilities. The full list of iPhones that support NFC is as follows:

iPhones with background NFC tag reading enabled:

  • iPhone 15, 15 Plus, 15 Pro, and 15 Pro Max
  • iPhone 14, 14 Plus, 14 Pro, and 14 Pro Max
  • iPhone 13, 13 Pro, 13 Pro Max, and 13 Mini
  • iPhone SE (3rd Gen)
  • iPhone 12, 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max, and 12 Mini
  • iPhone SE (3rd gen)
  • iPhone 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro Max
  • iPhone SE (2nd gen)
  • iPhone XS and XS Max
  • iPhone XR

iPhones with manual NFC tag reading capabilities:

  • iPhone X
  • iPhone 8 and 8 Plus
  • iPhone 7 and 7 Plus

Android OS

  • All smartphones that run on Android OS version 4.0 or higher are NFC-compatible

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