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…the world, the more you will see new deployments of this technology. Companies like Apple will add support to meet that demand. So how is Apple Pay doing? Great, but a bit slower than they had hoped. Since our original post Apple has expanded Apple Pay throughout Europe, Hong Kong and beyond with a total of 9 major markets. Apple Pay is available at 11+ million locations worldwide and growth is doubling. This fall they are expanding to New…
…8220;How will Apple make money off NFC?”. Wrong question, it’s akin to asking “How will Apple make money from the camera?”. Plus there are the ~2% transaction fees from Apple Pay. How does this affect ApplePay? It will not affect Apple Pay at all. While NFC is used as the mode of communication for Apple Pay, VAS (Passbook) and now reading NFC tags; the secure element used for ApplePay and VAS is not used when reading and…
…systems and subsequently be the ones to collect the toll. Apple likely negotiated reduced rates from banks on the guarantees of increased security, lower fraud rates and high consumer usage. There is a lot of on the line for Apple Pay to succeed. Apple knows that to change consumer behavior on this level they must gain and keep the consumer’s trust. A single public security breach would put the entire project in jeopardy. So like the fingerprint…
…re hold? Will Apple ever support NFC tags? To get a better understanding of the issue, we should realize that we’re probably asking the wrong question. Instead of “will”, the question should be, “Why should Apple support NFC tags?”. Apple has become the company it is today because it is very purposeful about what it does. Every device, feature, icon, color, sound and text is all there for a specific reason, and has likely also…
…ortant points about NFC on the iPhone: Only the iPhone 7, iPhone 8 and iPhone X supports reading NFC tags; the iPhone 6 and earlier does not support reading NFC tags. While the iPhone 6 does have an NFC controller to support Apple Pay, Apple has decided to not allow the iPhone 6 to read NFC tags. There were several hardware changes to the NFC controller from the iPhone 6 to the iPhone 7, including what is likely a signal booster chip. It seems…
…ip-is-restricted-applepay/ Cult of Mac http://www.cultofmac.com/296093/apple-confirms-iphone-6-nfc-apple-pay/ The Verge http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/16/6204999/iphone-6-nfc-chip-locked-to-apple-pay Geek http://www.geek.com/apple/apple-only-allows-the-iphone-6-nfc-chip-to-work-with-apple-pay-1604517/ International Business Times http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/iphone-6-nfc-limited-apple-pay-1465673 NFC World…
…then we have seen an increased demand for NFC tags, and the Connected Things industry in general. Core NFC, Apple’s NFC SDK on iOS, still has several limitations and is deficient compared with Google’s Android NFC SDK. With Apple’s annual WWDC event on June 4th, 2018 we will see what Apple has in store for iOS 12, and what improvements there will be for NFC. We have written about Apple’s support for NFC in the past, and how it has…
…hone 7 and iPhone 8 with Core NFC API https://gototags.com/wp-content/uploads/posts_nfc_ios11_.jpg 325 850 craig https://gototags.com/wp-content/uploads/gototags_logo-300×138.png craig 2017-06-05 15:25:48 2017-09-12 08:53:55 Apple iOS 11 Supports Reading NFC Tags for iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 with Core NFC API Why the Apple iPhone 8 Should Support NFC Tags https://gototags.com/wp-content/uploads/posts-iphone8-nfc.jpg 349 928 craig…
…esentative – Seattle January 12, 2018 / by craig GoToTags at NRF 2018 to Showcase NFC and Connected Things in Retail January 4, 2018 / by craig Finally Read NFC Tags with an iPhone App on iOS 11 September 11, 2017 / by craig Apple iOS 11 Supports Reading NFC Tags for iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 with Core NFC API June 5, 2017 / by craig Why the Apple iPhone 8 Should Support NFC Tags April 17, 2017 / by craig GoToTags Releases .NET SDK for NFC, Barcode…
…in the heterogeneous Android environment you just never know what type of experience your combination of hardware and OS may surprise you with. In any case, Android Pay seems to be an honest effort by Google to get closer to Apple Pay, which is the benchmark for NFC phone payments. Over the last 6 months nearly all my payment cards have gotten replaced with the chipped EMV versions. Over the last couple of weeks I have also started to use them…
