Web NFC

This API allows a website to communicate with NFC tags through a device's NFC reader.

Spec	https://w3c.github.io/web-nfc/
Status	Unofficial / Note

IE	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
			98
		95	97
		94	96	TP
11	95	93	95	15	80 (1,2)
10	94	92	94	14.1	79 (1,2)
9	93	91	93	14	78 (1,2)
8	92	90	92	13.1	77 (1,2)
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7	91	89	91	13	76 (1,2)
6	90	88	90	12.1	75 (1,2)
5.5	89	87	89	12	74 (1,2)
	88 (1,2)	86	88 (1,2)	11.1	73 (1,2)
	87 (1,2)	85	87 (1,2)	11	72 (1,2)
	86 (1,2)	84	86 (1,2)	10.1	71 (1,2)
	85 (1,2)	83	85 (1,2)	10	70 (1,2)
	84 (1,2)	82	84 (1,2)	9.1	69 (1,2)
	83 (1,2)	81	83 (1,2)	9	68 (1,2)
	81 (1,2)	80	81 (1,2)	8	67 (1,2)
	80 (1,2)	79	80 (1,2)	7.1	66
	79	78	79	7	65
	18	77	78	6.1	64
	17	76	77	6	63
	16	75	76	5.1	62
	15	74	75	5	60
	14	73	74	4	58
	13	72	73	3.2	57
	12	71	72	3.1	56
		70	71		55
		69	70		54
		68	69		53
		67	68		52
		66	67		51
		65	66		50
		64	65		49
		63	64		48
		62	63		47
		61	62		46
		60	61		45
		59	60		44
		58	59		43
		57	58		42
		56	57		41
		55	56		40
		54	55		39
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		52	53		37
		51	52		36
		50	51		35
		49	50		34
		48	49		33
		47	48		32
		46	47		31
		45	46		30
		44	45		29
		43	44		28
		42	43		27
		41	42		26
		40	41		25
		39	40		24
		38	39		23
		37	38		22
		36	37		21
		35	36		20
		34	35		19
		33	34		18
		32	33		17
		31	32		16
		30	31		15
		29	30		12.1
		28	29		12
		27	28		11.6
		26	27		11.5
		25	26		11.1
		24	25		11
		23	24		10.6
		22	23		10.5
		21	22		10.0-10.1
		20	21		9.5-9.6
		19	20		9
		18	19
		17	18
		16	17
		15	16
		14	15
		13	14
		12	13
		11	12
		10	11
		9	10
		8	9
		7	8
		6	7
		5	6
		4	5
		3.6	4
		3.5
		3
		2

Safari on iOS	Opera Mini	Android Browser	Blackberry Browser	Opera Mobile	Android Chrome	Android Firefox	IE Mobile	Android UC Browser	Samsung Internet	QQ Browser	Baidu Browser	KaiOS Browser
15	all	94	10	64	94 (2)	92	11	12.12	15.0	10.4	7.12	2.5
14.5-14.8		4.4.3-4.4.4	7	12.1			10		14.0
14.0-14.4		4.4		12					13.0
13.4-13.7		4.2-4.3		11.5					12.0
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13.3		4.1		11.1					11.1-11.2
13.2		4		11					10.1
13.0-13.1		3		10					9.2
12.2-12.5		2.3							8.2
12.0-12.1		2.2							7.2-7.4
11.3-11.4		2.1							6.2-6.4
11.0-11.2									5.0-5.4
10.3									4
10.0-10.2
9.3
9.0-9.2
8.1-8.4
8
7.0-7.1
6.0-6.1
5.0-5.1
4.2-4.3
4.0-4.1
3.2

Notes

Many devices are not equipped with NFC readers. They won't return any data, even though an installed browser might support this API.

1. Was experimentally supported in desktop Chromium browsers behind the enable-experimental-web-platform-features flag.

2. Current implementations only allow communication through the NDEF protocol in order to minimize security and privacy issues.

Resources

• Safari position: Opposed
• Firefox position: Harmful
• Web.dev article on using WebNFC