Pa Ogasiti 14, Apple mwadzidzidzi idalengeza kuti idzatsegula chipangizo cha NFC cha iPhone kwa opanga mapulogalamu ndikuwapatsa mwayi wogwiritsa ntchito zida zachitetezo chamkati cha foniyo kuti ayambe ntchito zosinthira deta popanda kulumikizana mu mapulogalamu awoawo. Mwachidule, mtsogolo, ogwiritsa ntchito iPhone azitha kugwiritsa ntchito mafoni awo kuti akwaniritse ntchito monga makiyi agalimoto, kuwongolera mwayi wofikira anthu ammudzi, ndi zotsekera zitseko zanzeru, monga ogwiritsa ntchito Android. Izi zikutanthauzanso kuti ubwino "wapadera" wa Apple Pay ndi Apple Wallet udzatha pang'onopang'ono. Ngakhale, Apple kuyambira mu 2014 pa mndandanda wa iPhone 6, idawonjezera ntchito ya NFC. Koma Apple Pay ndi Apple Wallet yokha, osati NFC yotseguka kwathunthu. Pachifukwa ichi, Apple ndiye kwenikweni kumbuyo kwa Android, pambuyo pake, Android yakhala ikuchita ntchito zambiri za NFC, monga kugwiritsa ntchito mafoni kuti akwaniritse makiyi agalimoto, kuwongolera mwayi wofikira anthu ammudzi, kutsegula zotsekera zitseko zanzeru ndi ntchito zina. Apple idalengeza kuti kuyambira ndi iOS 18.1, opanga mapulogalamu azitha kupereka NFC contactless data exchange mu mapulogalamu awoawo a iPhone pogwiritsa ntchito Security Element (SE) mkati mwa iPhone, mosiyana ndi Apple Pay ndi Apple Wallet. Ndi NFC yatsopano ndi SE apis, opanga mapulogalamu azitha kupereka kusinthana kwa data popanda kukhudza mkati mwa App, komwe kungagwiritsidwe ntchito poyendetsa zinthu mozungulira, ID ya kampani, ID ya wophunzira, makiyi a kunyumba, makiyi a hotelo, mfundo za ogulitsa ndi makadi opatsa mphotho, ngakhale matikiti a zochitika, komanso mtsogolo, zikalata zozindikiritsa.