The NFC Forum's latest press release unveils an extensive technology roadmap for NFC, providing insights into anticipated advancements and innovations in NFC technology up to 2028. Gain valuable knowledge about the future of NFC and its potential implications across various industries. Stay informed with this groundbreaking announcement.
These are the five key Forum roadmap innovation priorities:
1 Increased Power for NFC Wireless Charging. (from 1 watt to upto 3 watt of power)
2 Increased Range. (from 5mm to upto 30mm)
3 Multiple Purpose Tap. (improve the contactless user experience by supporting several actions with a single tap)
4 Modernizing Device-to-Device Communication. For instance enabling NFC-enabled smartphones to have Point-of-Sale functionality.
5 Expanding NFC’s Ability to Share Data Formats Needed for Sustainability.
Sweet! Isn’t number 4 already possible on iPhones? I assume that just means Apple built it their own way instead of using a standard (that I guess doesn’t exist yet?)
Can you use iPhones as Point of Sales devices?
I’ve seen plenty of those handheld devices that then attach to phones via Bluetooth for payments, but I haven’t seen people use iPhones to scan bank cards for payment.
Or did you mean 5? Because with iOS17, Apple is introducing a way to share your personal data as a ‘smart’ business card type thing using your phone. And it might be that what was discussed at the NFC forum was a form of that.
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Sweet! Isn’t number 4 already possible on iPhones? I assume that just means Apple built it their own way instead of using a standard (that I guess doesn’t exist yet?)
Can you use iPhones as Point of Sales devices?
I’ve seen plenty of those handheld devices that then attach to phones via Bluetooth for payments, but I haven’t seen people use iPhones to scan bank cards for payment.
Or did you mean 5? Because with iOS17, Apple is introducing a way to share your personal data as a ‘smart’ business card type thing using your phone. And it might be that what was discussed at the NFC forum was a form of that.
It looks like it was added in ios16 https://developer.apple.com/tap-to-pay/
I knew it was recent but I didn’t realize it was “current non-beta OS” recent haha
not sure about apple because they’re ultra locked, but on android it’s possible from android 8.1
https://www.mypos.com/en-gb/glass
it’s already possible on android phones, i’m using an app called “mypos glass” to get payments using my phone as a POS