Web NFC

Web NFC aims to provide sites the ability to read and write to NFC tags when they are brought in close proximity to the user’s device (usually 5-10 cm, 2-4 inches). The current scope is limited to NDEF, a lightweight binary message format. Low-level I/O operations (e.g. ISO-DEP, NFC-A/B, NFC-F) and Host-based Card Emulation (HCE) are not supported within the current scope.

Demo

• https://googlechrome.github.io/samples/web-nfc/

Documentation

• https://web.dev/nfc
• https://github.com/w3c/web-nfc/blob/gh-pages/EXPLAINER.md
• https://w3c.github.io/web-nfc/#examples

Specification

Editor's draft

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink>NFC

In developer trial (Behind a flag) (tracking bug) in:

• Chrome for Android release 81

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: Negative
• Edge: No signal
• Safari: Negative
• Web Developers: Positive

Owners

• rijubrata.bhaumik@intel.com
• fbeaufort@chromium.org

Comments

Demos: - https://web-nfc-demo.glitch.me featured in https://twitter.com/ChromiumDev/status/1206890116964323328 - https://kenchris.github.io/webnfc-groceries featured in https://twitter.com/kennethrohde/status/874970608798494720

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Last updated on 2020-10-25