# Feature request NFC **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [March 1, 2021, 5:21am UTC](https://onlykey.discourse.group/t/feature-request-nfc/249 "2021-03-01T05:21:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ccchan234](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@ccchan234](https://onlykey.discourse.group/u/ccchan234)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 5:21am UTC](https://onlykey.discourse.group/t/feature-request-nfc/249/1 "2021-03-01T05:21:40Z")
if so, I very much would buy one. thankyou. ---
**Author:** ![t11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@t11](https://onlykey.discourse.group/u/t11)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://onlykey.discourse.group/t/feature-request-nfc/249/2 "2021-03-01T15:46:18Z")
We are working on a USB-C/USB-A model. We are not planning to support NFC any time soon. ---
**Author:** ![ccchan234](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@ccchan234](https://onlykey.discourse.group/u/ccchan234)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 10:03am UTC](https://onlykey.discourse.group/t/feature-request-nfc/249/4 "2021-03-02T10:03:40Z")
I work in a laboratory, you may consider it working on Ebola or coronavirus, NFC gives some advantage in that way, contact-less. the user could DIY some anti-RFID bag/holder etc to prevent accidental bumping into the NFC. if no risk is tolerated, many things wont happen. thanks ---
**Author:** ![ccchan234](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@ccchan234](https://onlykey.discourse.group/u/ccchan234)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://onlykey.discourse.group/t/feature-request-nfc/249/5 "2021-03-05T13:27:08Z")
![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/onlykey/original/1X/2dadb8c0a7c0820abbef2470d2ae0f39dd8b975c.jpeg) just read the yub1c0’s blog, that’s the way that survive in laboratories. you will help fight coronavirus together right? thanks > **[Customer YubiStories: How a biopharmaceutical company solved NFC...](https://www.yubico.com/blog/customer-yubistories-how-a-biopharmaceutical-company-solved-nfc-authentication-with-a-yubikey-and-wristband/)** > > The challenge? Figure out how to allow their staff to securely and quickly authenticate to their systems in a sanitized environment. The solution? Simple - create your own wearable YubiKey wristband that utilizes the NFC capabilities of the YubiKey 5... I am not related to yub1c0, but besides onlykey claims cant emulated as PIV/smartcard, the major drawback of onlykey to me at the moment is no NFC now, and claim to have no NFC in near future. thanks ---
**Author:** ![joshua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@joshua](https://onlykey.discourse.group/u/joshua)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://onlykey.discourse.group/t/feature-request-nfc/249/6 "2021-03-10T20:11:06Z")
I like that the onlykey is simple, and has no battery. NFC would require a battery and fundamentally change the nature of this device. I like it as a central place to store secrets and keys, I would love to see a companion device, with a USB port to plug the OnlyKey in, a small screen, perhaps with a button or two to navigate, and NFC (could even have additional features, like a mag-spoof type, so credit card or access card magstripe data could even be stored on the OnlyKey)… this separation of functions makes sense to me. ---
**Author:** ![Mango\_Mungo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/onlykey.discourse.group/mango_mungo/32/26_2.png) [@Mango\_Mungo](https://onlykey.discourse.group/u/Mango_Mungo)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://onlykey.discourse.group/t/feature-request-nfc/249/7 "2021-03-10T21:53:49Z")
NFC SoloKey and YubiKey also don’t have a battery. But you need an App on your mobile phone. Today’s [smart phones](https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/10/18295348/google-android-phone-fido-webauthn-phishing-two-factor-authentication) have an integrated 2FA security chip. So I don’t see any point in bringing out a USB token with NFC to use it with the phone. The biopharmaceutical company example with an **external NFC reader** is an exception! I’ve had an NFC YubiKey for years. I’ve never used the NFC function. andOTP, FreeOTP+ or Google authenticator is much more convenient on a phone. _I have a Somu Tiny in every laptop. They always stay in because they are difficult to pull out again. Pin protected OnlyKey’s are for my most important accounts and usually stay @home._ ---
**Author:** ![t11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@t11](https://onlykey.discourse.group/u/t11)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://onlykey.discourse.group/t/feature-request-nfc/249/11 "2021-03-12T13:55:07Z")
Some information on why we are currently not working on an NFC model is included here - [Using OnlyKey with Mobile Devices (Android and iOS) | Docs](https://docs.crp.to/mobile.html) Keep in mind that if NFC was supported, only some of the features of OnlyKey like FIDO2 would work via NFC. Things like entering a PIN on OnlyKey to unlock would not work with NFC. ---
**Author:** ![Mango\_Mungo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/onlykey.discourse.group/mango_mungo/32/26_2.png) [@Mango\_Mungo](https://onlykey.discourse.group/u/Mango_Mungo)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://onlykey.discourse.group/t/feature-request-nfc/249/12 "2021-03-26T21:18:43Z")
And the PIN protection makes the OnlyKey so unique. And that’s why I like him. I have my important accounts such as Binance, Kraken, Github, … only on the PIN-protected OnlyKey. When someone absolutely needs NFC. Open source and open hardware: Take Solo V2 or Nitrokey 3. But they are not PIN-protected!