Ku ya 14 Kanama, Apple yatangaje mu buryo butunguranye ko izafungura chip ya NFC ya iPhone ku bashinzwe ikoranabuhanga, ikabaha uburenganzira bwo gukoresha ibice by'umutekano bya telefoni kugira ngo batangize imirimo yo guhanahana amakuru idakoresheje contactless muri porogaramu zabo. Mu magambo make, mu gihe kizaza, abakoresha iPhone bazashobora gukoresha telefoni zabo kugira ngo bagere ku bikorwa nk'imfunguzo z'imodoka, kugenzura uburyo abantu binjira mu muryango, no gufunga inzugi neza, kimwe n'abakoresha Android. Ibi bivuze kandi ko ibyiza "byihariye" bya Apple Pay na Apple Wallet bizagenda bishira. Nubwo, Apple yo mu 2014 kuri iPhone 6 series, yongeyeho imikorere ya NFC. Ariko Apple Pay na Apple Wallet gusa, kandi ntabwo ifunguye NFC burundu. Muri urwo rwego, Apple iri inyuma ya Android, nyuma ya byose, Android imaze igihe kinini ikungahaye ku mirimo ya NFC, nko gukoresha telefoni zigendanwa kugira ngo igere ku mfunguzo z'imodoka, kugenzura uburyo abantu binjira mu muryango, gufunga inzugi neza n'ibindi bikorwa. Apple yatangaje ko guhera kuri iOS 18.1, abashinzwe ikoranabuhanga bazashobora gutanga serivisi zo guhanahana amakuru nta contactless ya NFC muri porogaramu zabo za iPhone bakoresheje Security Element (SE) muri iPhone, itandukanye na Apple Pay na Apple Wallet. Hamwe na NFC nshya na SE apis, abakora porogaramu bazashobora gutanga amakuru adakoresha contactless muri iyi porogaramu, ishobora gukoreshwa mu gutwara abantu mu buryo bufunze, indangamuntu y’ikigo, indangamuntu y’umunyeshuri, imfunguzo zo mu rugo, imfunguzo za hoteli, amanota y’abacuruzi n’amakarita y’ibihembo, ndetse n’amatike y’ibirori, ndetse no mu gihe kizaza, inyandiko z’indangamuntu.