Most people think NFC on the iPhone begins and ends with Apple Pay—but it’s capable of way more. With a little configuration ...

As outlined on Apple's developer site, the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR models allow users to scan NFC tags without an app using a new background tag reading feature. On iPhones that support ...

The iPhone 7, iPhone 8, and iPhone X do ship with NFC chips, however, there is no native support for reading and encoding NFC tags. For that, you’ll need an application. Here’s a selection you can use ...

Seeing as there’s no PIN to keep secret ... there’s a Visa app. It runs in the background, working with the new fancy NFC chip embedded in the iPhone, waiting for a ping from a target device (the ...

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In anticipation of a new iPhone this summer, major wireless carriers say Apple won’t include Near Field Communication (NFC) technology in the iPhone 5, according to the U.K.’s The Independent.

But this cool tech can do far more than let you pay for a Twix with your iPhone ... NFC is mostly a passive technology. It uses a mathematically insignificant amount of battery life and no ...

1 and iPhone 5,2 prototypes by 9to5Mac leads the Apple enthusiast site to believe that NFC chips and an antenna will be built into this year's iPhone. If true, it means Apple would finally jump ...

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 ...