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John Velasco

NameDrop in iOS 17 just killed the business card — here’s how to use it

Transferring contact details using NameDrop in iOS 17 with iPhones.

It happens to us all at some point. You meet someone for the first time, and through your conversation, decide to share your contact details with them. Eventually you take out your phone to type their details into your contacts, and vice versa. Thankfully, Apple's made this one arduous process is a painless one that requires one simple gesture — thanks in part to NameDrop in iOS 17.

The cool thing is that NameDrop effectively kills the business card, since it sends your contact details to another iPhone user. It was first shown off during Apple’s WWDC 2023 keynote, since you'll always have a digital business card on hand whenever the occasion arises. 

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