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by ewpratten 555 days ago
Are you sure? The NFC app for iPhone can always read tags. Its specifically getting phones without the app to read them.

Try wiping, then writing a URL from Android.

Then just tap to the iPhone and see if Safari opens or not. It shouldn't
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stavros 555 days ago
Yes:

https://imgz.org/i9ZqL6Ax.png

I don't know if it's Vivaldi doing that, but I can't imagine they would have added NFC tag reading capability to the browser specifically.

Feel free to email me if you want, btw, as this thread is getting a bit too deep.

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fragmede 555 days ago
If a URL is written using NFCTools on iPhone, iOS will open it in the default browser without using NFCTools, or in the related app (eg Instagram) if there is one.
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MichaelBosworth 543 days ago
I find this only to be true when used on the same iPhone where NFCTools was used.

If you try to have another iPhone detect the badge, it appears not to work - unless you use NFCTools on that iPhone, too. I don't have conclusive proof but that's what the evidence seems to indicate.

Are you seeing something different?

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