What is NFC and why is it on my MYZO?
NFC stands for Near-Field Communication. It is the same short-range wireless tech that makes contactless payments work, and it has been built into every mainstream phone for over a decade. MYZO uses NFC so anyone can tap their phone to a small sticker, card, or keychain you carry, and instantly land on your profile.
What it actually does
Think of an NFC tag as a tiny URL written onto a sticker. There is no battery, no app to install, no Bluetooth pairing. When a phone gets within 4 cm of the tag, the phone reads the URL and offers to open it. That is the entire mechanism.
With MYZO, the URL on the tag is your profile, for example myzo.link/yourname. So tapping the tag opens your card.
Why this is better than a paper card
| Paper card | NFC tag |
|---|---|
| Has to be printed and reprinted every time you change anything | The link never changes, your profile updates everywhere |
| Easy to lose or throw away | Tiny, sticks to anything, lasts years |
| Forces them to type your handle later | Opens straight to your card on first tap |
| You only have a few in your pocket | One tag works infinitely |
Why this is better than just a QR code
QR codes still work and MYZO supports them too. NFC just removes one step:
- QR: open camera, frame the code, tap the notification.
- NFC: tap.
At a noisy event or somewhere with bad lighting, the difference is bigger than it sounds.
Where it works
NFC reading is built into every iPhone since the iPhone XS (2018) and almost every Android made since 2014. There is no app needed to read a tag. Writing tags from MYZO works in Chrome or Edge on Android, but once a tag is written it can be read by any modern phone, including iPhones.
In one line
NFC turns any object you already carry into a one-tap doorway to your MYZO profile.