A new report claims that Apple has offered to open up iPhone near-field communication central to Apple Pay to other payment services, to fight off antitrust claims in the EU. The report on Tuesday, by ...

Near Field Communication (NFC) is one of the most important technologies in modern-day iPhone and Android devices. We use NFC to authenticate payments using Apple Pay, unlock doors, identify owners of ...

Apple will allow third-party developers to access its NFC chip this autumn with the release of iOS 18.1. The move comes on the back of the DMA and European pressure which recently forced Apple to open ...

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 ...

Facing increasing pressure from regulators, Apple on Wednesday announced it’s opening up NFC transactions to third-party developers. NFC, or near field communication, is the short-range wireless ...

The days of the iPhone’s NFC capabilities being limited to just Apple Pay could be coming to an end. Apple is reportedly open to allowing other systems to use the wireless payment system. It’s the ...

Instead of using only Apple Pay to hold over terminals from stores to complete a payment, Apple is now offering the iPhone's NFC to be available for developers to utilize for their respective apps.

Apple's iPhones have featured NFC chips for years now, including the latest and greatest iPhone 15 models. Those chips can be used for reading NFC tags of course, and they are also what makes ...

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 ...

There’s been lots written about Apple’s adventures in NFC. This isn’t the first time we’ve been told to expect NFC support within a future iPhone, but merely because the developer beta iOS 6-exploring ...