NFC macOS App Release 1.4: New UI Capabilities & Fixes We've been busy over the past few days shipping a wave of improvements to NFC App. Here's a look at what's new on the UI side. Bluetooth & Wi-Fi Tag Support You can now create and write Bluetooth pairing tags directly from the app. Editing existing Bluetooth and Wi-Fi tags is also fully supported — select a tag, open the context menu, and update your settings in place. vCard Support You can now create vCard contact records directly in the app using the built-in form, with full support for multiple phone numbers, address, nickname, and notes. vCard records can also be imported from your Mac's Contacts app or from a .vcf file. All vCard records are fully editable — select a record and choose Edit Tag to update the contact details. NDEF Tag Support Raw NDEF tags are now supported, with a dedicated view for configuring and writing them. Editing is available for select supported record ty...
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New Release - ACS ACR1552U USB NFC Reader
Release 1.0.22 build 10107 (macOS) The macOS NFC IDEAS app has added support for the ACS ACR1552U NFC Reader. This reader is available in 2 models (usb-a or usb-c type connector). We hope you enjoy this update, and always look forward to hearing your NFC IDEAS. Rob Jones w: https://www.nfcideas.com e: info@nfcideas.com Founder, NFC IDEAS, LLC
Release 1.0.21 build 10104 (macOS)
This release adds NTAG ® 424 DNA read/write NDEF message capability. We hope you enjoy this update, and always look forward to hearing your NFC IDEAS. Best Regards, Rob Jones Founder, NFC IDEAS, LLC w: https://www.nfcideas.com e: info@nfcideas.com
Release 2.5 (iOS)
This release addresses iOS 13 Core NFC API changes. The NDEF Tag reading operations are restored. Bug Fixes: Restore link handling on Tag Details view. We hope you enjoy this update, and always look forward to hearing your NFC IDEAS. Best Regards, Rob Jones Founder, NFC IDEAS, LLC w: https://www.nfcideas.com e: info@nfcideas.com
NFC IDEAS App 2.3.2 - New Features
Write Wi-Fi NFC Tags Write Wi-Fi NFC Tags in the Mac application to compliment the Mobile iOS App. Simple create an NFC Wi-Fi record instance, then Write a Tag on your desired NFC Tag Technology. Once complete, you can read this Wi-Fi Credential into the iPhone to perform Wi-Fi Handover operations. This makes it easy to share your Wi-Fi Access Point with friends and visitors. Wi-Fi Tag Handover Wi-Fi Tag handover has been added to the NFC IDEAS App. This feature provides the facility to Join a WiFi network by simply reading an NFC Tag. As demonstrated below, the App will prompt to Join the Wi-Fi. As a cool little extension, you can share this Wi-Fi network with others by clicking on the Share link. Upon receipt of this link, others can click on the " SSID: <Name> " link to perform the same operation on their iOS device. Bluetooth Decoding Bluetooth Tag decoding has been added into the App. This allows you to rea...
NFC IDEAS App 2.2 - New Features
A new set of features is now available in the NFC IDEAS App for iPhone 7/8, iPhone 7/8 plus and iPhone X. Contacts & vCard If an NFC tag containing a vCard is scanned, the iOS contacts view will be presented displaying the content of the vCard. This feature makes it possible to quickly share NFC business cards or media encoded with vCard information with others. The contacts view can message, call, share contact, navigate and more with this data. The NFC IDEAS Mac app makes it easy to encode contacts on NFC tags, or NFC enabled business cards. Sharing Native iOS sharing is built into the Scan and History views. The app makes it possible to share the NFC content or payloads with others to message, e-mail, use social media and more. Safari Native iOS Safari is built into the app. To use the this feature open the Preferences, and turn on the Use Safari switch (green). Then scanning an NFC tag which contains ...
NFC IDEAS iOS11 beta available for download
Hi, The NFC IDEAS iOS app with CoreNFC Framework integration has been approved by Apple, and is now available for download from TestFlight. To participate in the beta, just tweet us your email, or send email to info@nfcideas.com . This enables your device to read NFC tags without a peripheral device. You will need to update your iPhone7 or iPhone 7 Plus device to iOS 11. Apple released iOS 11 for public beta on Monday, June 26, 2017. Go to the Apple Beta Software Program for information on joining the program. Once you are added to the NFC IDEAS beta program, an e-mail from Apple TestFlight with information to install the NFC IDEAS iOS App will be sent to you. The e-mail body will appear as follows: We are excited to share our updated App with you, and look forward to hearing your NFC IDEAS. Best Regards, Rob Jones Founder, NFC IDEAS, LLC w: https://www.nfcideas.com e: info@nfcideas.com