Watch Apple's “Tap to Pay” feature, which lets the iPhone accept contactless payments without using additional hardware, in use at Apple Park's visitor center.
Watch Apple’s Tap to Pay feature in action at the Apple Park visitor center
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Apple Pay launching Tap to Pay on iPhone later in 2022
Apple will launch a new iPhone contactless payments feature with Tap to Pay on Apple Pay, coming later in 2022 via merchant-enabled iOS apps in the United States.
Future iOS update could allow iPhones to accept credit cards directly via NFC
A future iOS update could enable your iPhone to accept credit card payments directly via its onboard NFC chip without requiring any additional external hardware.
Augment your jailbroken iPhone’s NFC tag interaction capabilities with Aemulo
Like so many other smartphones on the market today, iPhones support NFC (near field communication) capabilities. NFC is frequently used by Apple Pay and by compatible NFC tags.
How to correctly tap AirTag with iPhone to read its embedded NFC tag
Should you stumble upon someone's lost item with an AirTag attached, tap the AirTag to your iPhone to read the underlying NFC tag and reveal the owner's contact information.
Apple confirms Android devices can also interact with AirTags in Lost Mode
Owners of Android handsets, not just iPhone users, can access a custom discovery message available after placing your AirTag item tracker in Lost Mode, Apple has confirmed now.
NYC subway rolls out Apple Pay support across all stations and routes
New York City's Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA) has announced that Apple Pay and other contactless payment methods are now accepted at all stations and on all buses.
Dutch regulators investigating Apple Pay over antitrust concerns
Apple's mobile payment option, Apple Pay, is one of the company's most popular services. But Dutch regulators are investigating Apple over antitrust concerns.
New report breaks down what we can expect with the rumored CarKey feature
Apple hasn't made the rumored "CarKey" ("Car Key") feature officially official just yet, but we know it's something the company has been working on for quite some time. And now a new report sheds quite a bit of light on what we should expect in the future.
BMW could be the first carmaker to support Apple’s upcoming CarKey feature
According to code strings discovered in early iOS 14 code, Apple is likely working with German carmaker BMW on CarKey, an upcoming feature in iOS 13.4 that will let you lock, unlock and start compatible vehicles with your iPhone using the short-range NFC wireless standard.
Apple’s new ‘CarKey’ feature will let you share a digital key using the Messages app
One of the more exciting new features heading to supported iOS devices is the new "CarKey" API.
You can now use Yubico’s NFC physical security keys with your 1Password.com account
If you have upgraded your security with an NFC-based physical security key from Yubico, you can now use it as a second factor authentication for your 1Password.com account.