Apple is likely working with BMW on support for the upcoming CarKey feature for locking, unlocking and starting cars using the iPhone in place of a physical car key or key fob.
The second developer beta of iOS 13.4 reveals that the upcoming “CarKey” feature will let users quickly share digital keys through the Messages app.
1Password now supports two-factor authentication via Near Field Communication using your YubiKey physical security key from Yubico.
Follow the steps in this comprehensive tutorial to learn how you can set up and enable Express Transit mode on your iPhone and Apple Watch in order to pay for transit rides with Apple Pay without having to use Face ID, Touch ID or passcode verification at all.
Germany has passed a law that will make Apple, and other companies, open access to the NFC chip in their mobile devices so third-party “rivals” can utilize it.
Apple’s mobile payment service is coming to Hong Kong’s popular Octopus contactless transit cards. Launching this fall, the system will let people tap their device on an NFC processor and be on their way, no need to authenticate with Face ID or Touch ID whatsoever.
With the release of iOS 13 later this year, German citizens will be able to use their smartphone not only as their passport, but also as their identification card.
Soon your iPhone will be able to read specially-encoded NFC tags that will instantly start an Apple Pay transaction when tapped, without having to download or use any special app.
NFCWriter X for iOS lets you tinker with your iPhone’s embedded NFC chip in ways you could only dream of.
The new iPhones feature updated hardware for NFC which supports background tag reading. This permits the new phones to scan for and reads NFC tags without requiring users to launch an app for that beforehand.
A newly published Apple patent application suggests iPhone could one day replace our identification documents such as passports.
Apple seems to have paired NFC technology with the Face ID or Touch ID to authenticate attendees’ digital WWDC 2018 passes in the Wallet app, marking the first time the Wallet pass has used NFC technology for access control.
