Apple Watch NFC Tags

Scanning low cost NFC tags with the apple watch would be a life saver for many home automations, especially as phones get larger and larger, many don't carry them around while at home, but always have their watch on.

I would really enjoy this feature. My wife doesn’t wear her watch quite as consistently as I do so I have to be mindful. Regardless, I would use the heck out of this feature if it were added/enabled for Apple Watch.

Would love this feature. I can think of many different uses in and around the house, where I either don't have my phone on me, or pulling it out isn't convenient.

I can't believe this is not possible yet. This would be the most conveninet way to trigger NFC tags for HomeKit automations. Please, Apple, enable it.

+1 here. Bought NFC-Stickers, as I assumed that this is already working out. Disappointing experience. Had to google just to find out, that this isn't a build in feature

Yes please! I want this so badly, even if had the option to double click the side button then scan (instead of payment), id rather have that than have to interact with the screen

It would be super-useful! +1

Yes please!!!!!

I wish this was implemented.

Yes please Apple! If you want HomeKit to succeed and become the leader in the smart home space you desperately need to implement some easy way to read NFC tags from the watch. Battery drain could be mitigated by only enabling NFC reading for a couple seconds after you long press crown when Siri is up, if no tag is detected it could turn off. Most people will not be using Siri so often throughout the day where it would negatively impact battery life. Although with the geniuses you have working at apple I’m sure you can come up with an even more user friendly implementation that could be done completely hands/voice free without any button pushes or hey Siri cues, while also keeping battery life to all day long.

+1 Definately! I was shocked when I discovered that my watch did not respond to the tag.

Power management is key, so power up nfc only when Siri is listening

I'd love to just touch my apple watch to a nfc tag to turn on the lights when I come home, or turn them off when I leave. Or a million other things that shouldn't require me to take my phone out of my pocket. No, HomePod is not even available here and even if it was it wouldn't be possible to put one in every single room.

Please provide at least a shortcut integration +1

definitely a shocker when I discovered this isn’t supported

+1 Would be a great addition to Apple Watch / Shortcuts.

I would realy love this, and definitely if you could trigger the scanning to be more frequent than the iphone scanning frequency which is way to slow.

I would love to have access to NFC tag functionality for the Apple Watch. There are so many useful functions this would facilitate.

Yes we do need this badly

Come on guys. In 2023 it should be normal that the watch can read nfc tags. My whole house is smart and my 600€ watch still lives in 2010. I bought the watch because I thought it would operate my smart lock and automations and I would not always have to take my phone with me. Now I have an Apple product that is expensive and useless to me. Please make an update that unlocks the feature.

PLEASE DO IT! RELEASE US FROM THIS SUFFERING!

+1 !

Please Apple company add NFC tag reading functionality to the Apple Watch, just like all the previous commentators asked for. I'm sure we would even pay extra for it. Please do it before the Apple Watch becomes obsolete, like every technical gadget eventually has to. Do it for humanity now. Or, at least tell us that it won't happen or that we have to wait until the augmented reality glasses are proven a flop.

+1 it's a must

Me too I would like very much this option for automation. Please listen your community.