iPhones running iOS 13 will be able to scan NFC chips in Japanese identity cards. This is as a result of Apple’s decision to allow broader access to the iPhone’s NFC chip by third-party apps. The app ...

When iOS 13 arrives, iPhones will be able to read a wider range of Near Field Communication (NFC) tags, including the NFC tags often used in official documentation. Last week, The Verge reported that ...

FREMONT, Calif., Dec. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Socket Mobile, Inc. (SCKT), a leading provider of data capture and delivery solutions designed to enhance workplace productivity, is excited to announce ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Nfc Interactor is a new app available for Windows Phone that enables users to create and scan NFC ...

The Federal Ministry of the Interior has announced that it will be possible to scan German ID cards with an iPhone running iOS 13. Apple originally locked the NFC reader in iPhones so that it only ...

Apple’s support page says any smartphone with an NFC chip can tap on an AirTag set to ‘Lost Mode’ to find out who it belongs to. In Apple’s ‘Find My’ app, users can toggle a setting to lock the AirTag ...

When the iPhone 5 finally hit the masses, it was missing one major feature: NFC. While most every other major flagship smartphone has NFC and support for contact payments, bump sharing and the like, ...

A newly discovered Apple patent reveals how the iPhone’s redesigned Home button will work as a fingerprint scanner. It’s widely rumored the iPhone 5S will include a fingerprint scanner built into the ...