Can I use an NFC on my iPhone to unlock a door?

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Can I use an NFC on my iPhone to unlock a door?

I have an NFC door, but I always have to enter a pin, and I have thought, "Can I unlock this using an NFC on my Apple Watch, Apple AirTag, or iPhone, since they all use NFC?" It seems it would save so much time, yet I do not know if there is an app/program that I could use, much less how to program it to trigger. Please reply if you have a response.

Apple Watch SE, watchOS 10

Posted on Nov 22, 2023 12:53 PM

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Dah•veed

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Nov 23, 2023 3:10 AM in response to RedJan2216

That would require the manufacturer of the lock to create a watchOS-compliant app to do something such as that.

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