What Is NFC?
- What is NFC?
  
  Near Field Communication (NFC) is a standards-based short-range wireless connectivity technology that makes your smartphones, wearables, tablets and other devices even smarter.
  NFC is built into more than 2 billion NFC-enabled devices and is compatible with hundreds of millions of contactless cards and readers deployed worldwide.
- NFC Overview
  About the Technology
  NFC in Action
  Identifying NFC
  What It Does
  COVID-19 Resources
- By Market
  Automotive
  Internet of Things
  Retail and Payment
  Mobility, Identity & Transport
- Complimentary Tech
  Bluetooth
Develop with NFC
- Develop with NFC
  
  When creating Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled products and/or solutions it is important to closely follow the applicable NFC Forum technical specifications and then test and certify your solution. Learn more about our Technical Specifications and robust Certification Program.
- Technical Specifications
  Specification Overview
  Specifications List
  Specifications Releases
- Certification Program
  Overview
  Certification Policy
  Participate in the NFC Forum Tag Certification
  Certified Product Listing
  Announcements
Use NFC
- USE NFC
  
  Briefly touch (or ‘tap’) your NFC-enabled smartphone to another NFC-enabled object to share pictures, play music, make payments, access useful information, and more easily set up Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections. No PIN codes, camera-based scanners, or wires are required to use this simple, intuitive technology. Use NFC tap technology to connect users to a world of convenience.
- Product Showcase
  Product Showcase
  Access Control
  Consumer Electronics
  Marketing
  Submit a Product
- Innovation Award Program
  Innovation Award Program
  2020 NFC Innovation Awards Program
  2018 Innovation Awards
  2017 Innovation Awards
  Innnovation Award Archives
NFC Toolkit

Certification Release 7

Home Our Work Compliance Certification Program Testing Forms & Documents Expired Certification Releases Certification Release 7

Certification Release 7Migration-Content2020-04-16T14:33:47+00:00

By downloading any materials from this site you agree to abide by NFC Forum’s Terms of Use, including NFC Forum’s copyright policy.

Authorized for use in Certification: January 2014

Compliance Documentation Devices Requirements (Version 1.3)

Devices Requirements v1.3 introduces a new requirement for devices under test. With this release, devices under test will be required to have implemented the NFC Forum Device Test Application specifications.

Certification Release 7 documents have been migrated for use with Certification Policy v1.4

For updated forms and documentation, see the latest Test Release

Technical Specifications

Available at: /our-work/specifications-and-application-documents/

To ensure that you are working with the technical specifications and version of the specifications applicable to this release, please see the Devices Requirements document above.