An NFC business card works without an app: just touch it to the right spot on the phone. On iPhone that’s the top of the phone, on Android usually the middle of the back. If a phone can’t read NFC, any camera can scan the QR code on the back of the card.
Touch the card to the top edge, near the camera. Nothing to switch on.
That’s where the reader is on most phones. NFC needs to be on.
Any camera can scan the QR code on the back of the card.
iPhone XS and newer: no app, in the background
On iPhone the NFC reader is at the top of the phone, near the camera. Touch the card to the top edge and hold it there for a second or two.
iPhone XS and newer (iPhone 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17) read the card in the background without an app whenever the screen is on. iPhone 7, 8 and X read it with the NFC reader in Control Center (iOS 14 and later), or use the QR code.
No. On iPhone NFC is always on; there is no switch for it. The screen just needs to be on, with the Camera or Wallet app closed.
Samsung, Pixel, Xiaomi and the rest
On most Android phones the NFC reader is in the middle of the back or below the camera. A few examples:
If nothing happens, slowly move the card across the back: where the phone vibrates or reacts, that’s the reader.
On Android, NFC has to be switched on. The menu differs a little by phone; usually you find it here:
Quicker: pull down the notification shade and look for the NFC tile.
No NFC? There’s the QR code
Almost every smartphone from recent years: every iPhone since iPhone 7, and most Android phones. On older or entry-level phones, the QR code always works.
No, neither you nor the person you share it with. The profile opens in the browser and can be saved to contacts with one tap.
At the top of the phone, near the camera. Touch the card there.
Settings → Connections → NFC and contactless payments, or the NFC tile in the notification shade.
Most often because NFC is off on Android, or the screen is off. The QR code still works.
Yes: if the phone can’t read NFC, any camera can scan the QR code on the back of the card.
Yes, opening the profile needs mobile data or Wi-Fi on the phone that reads it.
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