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            iOS 18.1 to Let Developers Offer In-App NFC Transactions

   Adam Engst

   [1]Apple writes:

     Starting with iOS 18.1, developers will be able to offer NFC
     contactless transactions using the Secure Element from within their
     own apps on iPhone, separate from Apple Pay and Apple Wallet. Using
     the new NFC and SE (Secure Element) APIs, developers will be able to
     offer in-app contactless transactions for in-store payments, car
     keys, closed-loop transit, corporate badges, student IDs, home keys,
     hotel keys, merchant loyalty and rewards cards, and event tickets,
     with government IDs to be supported in the future.

   If developers take broad advantage of this feature when iOS 18.1 ships
   later this year, it will make the iPhone even more of an essential item
   to have at hand at all times. Note that Apple's list above encompasses
   all the possibilities; [2]the developer documentation clarifies that
   Apple will only approve apps that enable one or more of those use
   cases.

   Apple doesn't mention the Apple Watch in relation to this feature, but
   we users would appreciate being able to use watchOS apps to initiate
   contactless transactions, just as we can do today with Apple Pay.

   [3]Read original article

References

   1. https://nr.apple.com/dN9S3v5Wt1
   2. https://developer.apple.com/support/nfc-se-platform/
   3. https://nr.apple.com/dN9S3v5Wt1

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