NFC technology allows you to trigger actions on your phone by tapping the back of the device to another NFC-enabled point of contact.

Inside Secure plans to deliver a version of its open-source, near-field communication API tailored to Android 2.3 operating system — code-named Gingerbread — before the end of February.

A long time ago, Google started decoupling some key components from the Android system itself, making them so-called Mainline modules that can be updated independently of the system. This allows ...

Apple AirTag device tracker functions exclusively within Apple's own ecosystem. However, Android phones can also read their info via NFC.