Nyuma yo kumvikana n’abayobozi b’i Burayi mu ntangiriro ziyi mpeshyi, Apple izemerera kugera ku bandi bantu bashinzwe iterambere mu bijyanye n’itumanaho ryegereye (NFC) ku bijyanye n’abatanga umufuka wa mobile.

Kuva yatangizwa muri 2014, Apple Pay, hamwe na porogaramu za Apple zifitanye isano zashoboye kugera kubintu bifite umutekano. Iyo iOS 18 isohotse mumezi ari imbere, abashinzwe iterambere muri Ositaraliya, Burezili, Kanada, Ubuyapani, Nouvelle-Zélande, Amerika n'Ubwongereza barashobora gukoresha API hamwe n’ahantu hiyongereyeho gukurikira.

Itangazo rya Apple ryagize riti: "Ukoresheje NFC nshya na SE (Umutekano Element) APIs, abashinzwe iterambere bazashobora gutanga porogaramu itaboneka kuri porogaramu yo kwishyura mu maduka, urufunguzo rw'imodoka, inzira yo gufunga ibicuruzwa, ibirango by'ibigo, indangamuntu z'abanyeshuri, urufunguzo rw'amazu, urufunguzo rwa hoteri, amakarita y'abacuruzi n'amakarita y'ibihembo, n'amatike y'ibirori, hamwe n'indangamuntu za Leta zizashyigikirwa mu gihe kiri imbere."

Igisubizo gishya cyateguwe kugirango gitange abitezimbere uburyo bwizewe bwo gutanga ibikorwa bya NFC bitavuye muri porogaramu zabo za iOS. Abakoresha bazagira amahitamo yo gufungura porogaramu mu buryo butaziguye, cyangwa bashireho porogaramu nka porogaramu isanzwe itagira aho ihurira na Igenamiterere rya iOS, hanyuma ukande inshuro ebyiri buto yo ku ruhande kuri iPhone kugira ngo utangire gucuruza.