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The NDEFReader API reads and writes messages to near-field communication (NFC) tags.

Status

Limited availability

This feature received a negative standards position from at least one browser vendor. It's very unlikely to ever become Baseline in this current form.

MDN documentation

Web NFC API

Specifications

Web NFC, from Web NFC Community Group (W3C).

Browser support (view on caniuse.com)

Chrome ❌ See bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1275576 code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=520391
Chrome Android 100 Released on 2022-03-29
Edge ❌
Firefox ❌ See bugzil.la/1308614 Vendor position : negative
Firefox for Android ❌ Vendor position : negative
Safari ❌
Safari on iOS ❌

Surveys

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Usage (according to Chrome Platform Status)

~0.001% of page loads. More data at chromestatus.com.

Web Platform Tests (WPT)

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