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As early as the iPhone 6 launch conference in 2014, Apple announced the addition of the NFC function, but due to security and other factors, Apple has not opened NFC permissions to third parties until today, resulting in iPhone users being unable to use their phones as car keys, swipe community access control, open smart door locks, etc. like Android users.

In contrast, the Android camp has been using NFC technology as early as around 2010.

Apple released an announcement on its official website on Wednesday, announcing that it will open the iPhone's NFC chip to developers, allowing developers to use secure elements to perform contactless payments and data exchange functions in third-party apps.

This feature will debut in a future beta version of iOS 18.1.

In other words, iPhone users no longer have to envy the feature-rich NFC on Android phones. In the future, iPhones will also be able to realize functions such as access cards, bus cards, car keys, corporate badges, electronic tickets, student ID cards, ID cards and various identity recognition functions, greatly improving convenience.

Apple's sudden announcement to open up NFC is still part of Apple's compromise under EU antitrust pressure. Previously, Apple announced that it would open NFC chips to third-party payment applications in the EU in accordance with the Digital Markets Act.

⁉️Bad news:

It is not currently supported in China.

The first batch of markets include Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. This means that if iPhone users in China want to wait for NFC to be opened, it may be a relatively long process.