You can send a contact card (vCard) from your phone by opening your Contacts app, selecting the contact, tapping the share icon, and choosing an app like Messages, Mail, or AirDrop; alternatively, on iPhones, you can use NameDrop by tapping phones together, while Android offers Nearby Share or exporting as a file.
Share Contact from Contacts app: Open Contacts, choose a card, tap Share Contact, then pick AirDrop, Messages, Mail, or another app. This sends a standard vCard.
Sharing a WhatsApp Contact on Android
2.2: Using AutoFill in Messages
Hold the display of your iPhone a few centimeters from the top of the other person's iPhone or Apple Watch. Continue holding your devices near each other until NameDrop appears on both screens. Choose to share your contact card and receive the other person's, or to only receive the other person's.
2. Share iPhone contacts from your Contacts app
There are two options to choose from: "Share" or "Receive Only". No information will be exchanged unless a selection is made on both phones. So, the idea that someone could bump into you on the street and steal your contact information is not how this works.
Go to the Contacts app on your iPhone. Tap My Card at the top, tap Edit, then tap your contact photo. Turn on Name & Photo Sharing to start sharing your contact photo and poster with others.
On both iPhones, turn on Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and AirDrop (set AirDrop to Everyone or Contacts Only). On your old iPhone, open the Contacts app. Select the contact you want to share and tap Share Contact > AirDrop. Choose your new iPhone from the list.
Contact cards let people easily share and add new contacts to their phone book. When a user receives and taps on a vCard in WhatsApp, the app will render a preview and allow them to easily call or add the contact to their phone book.
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Option 3: Sharing a Digital Business Card on Desktops
A virtual contact card is a digital business card you send to your target audience as a text message. It's an easy way to share the information your subscribers need to connect with you.
Go to the Contacts app on your iPhone. Tap My Card at the top, tap Edit, then tap your contact photo. Turn on Name & Photo Sharing to start sharing your contact photo and poster with others. (You may need to scroll down.)
Export contacts on iPhone
How to Share Contacts via NFC on Android
With iOS 17's release in 2023, Apple added a brand new feature for people to easily and conveniently share contact information: NameDrop. This allows you to share your contact card information automatically from iPhone to iPhone and from iPhone to Apple Watch.
Three-finger gestures on iPhone primarily activate accessibility features like VoiceOver (for screen reading and navigation) and Zoom (magnification), allowing scrolling, zooming, and text manipulation (copy/paste/undo) with specific taps and drags, though some text actions work without VoiceOver enabled for quick editing. Common gestures include three-finger double-tap to toggle VoiceOver speech, triple-tap for the screen curtain, and pinching/spreading with three fingers for copy/paste actions, notes this YouTube video.
To turn on AirDrop on an iPhone/iPad, open Control Center, press and hold the connectivity card, tap AirDrop, then choose Contacts Only or Everyone for 10 Minutes; for a Mac, open Finder > AirDrop or Control Center and select your preference (Contacts Only/Everyone). Ensure both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are on for any Apple device to use AirDrop.
To use multiple iPhones with iPhone Mirroring: