NFC stands for near-field communication.
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All Apple Watch versions, including from the original launched in 2015, are NFC-capable and support Apple Pay.
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Some Wear OS smartwatches have NFC capabilities for contactless payments via Google Pay or Samsung Pay.
On 27 January 2012, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata announced in a briefing that the controller of the Wii U home console will have an installable NFC function. By installing this functionality, it will become possible to create cards and figurines that can electronically read and write data via noncontact NFC and to expand the new play format in the video game world. Adoption of this functionality will enable various other possibilities such as using it as a means of making micropayments.