As of iOS 13, the iPhone supports reading and writing for NFC tags for all models of iPhone since the iPhone XS/XR (released 2018). 3rd party iOS can use NFC on the iPhone via the Core NFC SDK. iOS supports reading NFC tags without an app via the background NFC tag reading feature.
Features
The iPhone supports several NFC features and usages of NFC:
Background NFC Tag Reading
Reading NFC Tags
Writing NFC Tags
Reading the NFC Chip’s UID
NFC Actions in Shortcuts App
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