The payment methods They have always been a strong point when choosing a terminal, especially in recent years where everything is moved by our smartphones. There are many payment systems such as Apple Pay, Samsung Pay or Android Pay, most of these systems use NFC technology to carry out transactions.
The NFC chip is incorporated in all iPhones (from iPhone 6), and in all Apple Watch of the big apple but it is unusable for users. The latest information suggests that iOS 12 would allow more extensive use of NFC technology, with which it could, among other things, identify ourselves in congresses, open doors, etc.
The NFC chip would be unlocked in iOS 12
The blocking of the NFC chip by Apple was always for security reasons or at least that was what was alleged from Cupertino. Banks have always tried to maintain relationships with the company so that they would open the system to allow improve communication when making payments between the iPhone and the receiver.
For those of you who are not very into the subject, NFC technology or Near Field Communication, is a communication and information transmission system whose maximum speed is 848 kbit / s. Allows users to share information when two devices are close, since this technology is designed for very short distances because it works by creating a magnetic field between two devices using induction.
Rumors point to iOS 12 would open the doors of NFC technology on the iPhone This would open a new field of work for developers, who could design tools to identify users at conferences, open doors through credentials, etc. That is, everything that many Android users can do now since Android does not have this NFC limitation. If this is true, Apple has had to improve the security framework of iOS 12, since it assured that the limitation of this technology was For security since it was a potential tool to introduce malicious elements in the terminals.