<div id="readability-page-1"><div id="ArticleBody-InlineImage-107320852"><div><div><p>Apple NameDrop in iOS 17.</p><p>Apple</p></div></div></div><div><p>The next time you are at a networking event or dinner party, you can exchange phone numbers with a new colleague or friend just by holding your iPhones near each other.</p><p>The feature, known as NameDrop, became available when <span id="RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-1"><span><span id="-WatchlistDropdown"></span></span></span> rolled out .</p><p>NameDrop is faster than reciting numbers out loud or trading phones and manually punching in contact information. Plus, you don't have to worry about misspelling your new contact's name. It just transfers right into your phone.</p><p>Apple lets you choose what you share with someone when you use NameDrop, so you won't accidentally give away sensitive information you might have stored on your phone such as a home address. One drawback: You can't share your email and phone number at the same time, and you can only NameDrop once between two phones unless you delete the contact and start over.</p><p>Here's how to try it for yourself.</p></div><div id="ArticleBody-InlineImage-107320845"><div><div><p>NameDrop allows iPhone users to share contact information by holding their phones close to each other.</p><p>Jake Piazza | CNBC</p></div></div></div></div>

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<p>You can swap contact information just by holding your iPhone next to one another thanks to a new feature in iOS 17.</p>

You can now exchange numbers just by tapping iPhones together. Here's how to use it