iPhones can now automate tasks using NFC with Launch Center Pro

iPhone users are finally getting a convenient and powerful feature that’s long been available on Android phones: the ability to tap an NFC tag and have their phone automatically perform certain actions, like opening an app or playing music. Support for NFC tags arrived with the latest iPhones, and Launch Center Pro is the first major app to take advantage of it, allowing users to activate basically whatever action they can think of — with a few catches. NFC triggers come to the iPhone, but there are a few catches I had the chance to try out Launch Center Pro’s implementation for a few days, which arrives in the popular workflow app’s version 3.0 update today. The feature definitely works. I was able to set up an NFC tag to trigger an... Continue reading…