Apple has confirmed third-party apps will be able to make use of the near field communications chip within the iPhone – outside of the current Apple Wallet and Apple Pay purview. In an announcement today, Apple said it will enable apps outside of its own ecosystem to use NFC to complete in-store payments, scan reward/loyalty cards, open cars/hotel rooms, enter/exit transport turnstiles and ticketed events, use student/employee ID cards, and loads more. Save 24% on the Sony WF-1000XM5 earphones
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