Apple is broadening the reach of NFC on the iPhone by opening the technology to third-party apps. Starting with iOS 18.1, developers will be able to offer contactless transactions from their own apps ...

Apple announced on Wednesday that it will open up the iPhone’s NFC chip to third-party apps, just as it did earlier this year for developers located in the European Union. The new API will be ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Under the proposals, Apple will allow developers in the European Economic Area to access iPhone NFC payment ...

Apple has announced that it is opening up the iPhone’s NFC chip using the Secure Element to allow for third-party contactless payments, separate from Apple Pay and Apple Wallet. This feature will ...

Apple has announced plans to open up its onboard iPhone NFC technology to third-party mobile payment providers, allowing them to offer their services across the EU. Since the launch of Apple Pay in ...

The NFC capabiliies on newer iPhones and Android devices are going to get a substantial upgrade in coming months, thanks to a ...

Near-field communications (NFC) allow very short-range transmission of data from a device that can be battery-free. The field generator by the NFC reader produces the tiny amount of power required to ...

Until now, Apple Pay and Apple Wallet have had exclusive access to many features of the iPhone’s NFC chip, but that will change with iOS 18.1. Until now, Apple Pay and Apple Wallet have had exclusive ...

iPhones and Apple Watches could support multiple actions via NFC simultaneously in the future, the NFC Forum today suggested. The NFC Forum, the leading standards body for Near Field Communication ...

This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. iPhone users can now make secure, contactless payments directly with MB ...

Apple's iPhones and Apple Watches have supported NFC for some time now, and now those NFC capabilities can be used to allow Apple users to lock, unlock, and start compatible NFC-enabled vehicles using ...