Ngomhla we-14 kweyeThupha, iApple yabhengeza ngequbuliso ukuba iza kuvula itshiphu ye-NFC ye-iPhone kubaphuhlisi kwaye ibavumele ukuba basebenzise izixhobo zokhuseleko zangaphakathi zefowuni ukuze baqalise imisebenzi yokutshintshiselana ngedatha engenanxibelelwano kwii-apps zabo. Ngamafutshane, kwixesha elizayo, abasebenzisi be-iPhone baya kukwazi ukusebenzisa iifowuni zabo ukufezekisa imisebenzi efana nezitshixo zemoto, ulawulo lokufikelela kuluntu, kunye nokutshixa iingcango ezikrelekrele, njengabasebenzisi be-Android. Oku kuthetha ukuba iingenelo "ezikhethekileyo" ze-Apple Pay kunye ne-Apple Wallet ziya kunyamalala kancinci kancinci. Nangona, i-Apple kwasekuqaleni kowama-2014 kuthotho lwe-iPhone 6, yongeze umsebenzi we-NFC. Kodwa yi-Apple Pay kunye ne-Apple Wallet kuphela, kwaye ayivuli ngokupheleleyo i-NFC. Kule meko, i-Apple isemva kwe-Android, emva kwayo yonke loo nto, i-Android ibisoloko ityebile kwimisebenzi ye-NFC, njengokusebenzisa iifowuni eziphathwayo ukufezekisa izitshixo zemoto, ulawulo lokufikelela kuluntu, ukutshixa iingcango ezikrelekrele kunye neminye imisebenzi. I-Apple yabhengeza ukuba ukuqala nge-iOS 18.1, abaphuhlisi baya kukwazi ukubonelela ngokutshintshiselana ngedatha engenanxibelelwano ye-NFC kwii-apps zabo ze-iPhone besebenzisa i-Security Element (SE) ngaphakathi kwe-iPhone, eyahlukileyo kwi-Apple Pay kunye ne-Apple Wallet. Nge-NFC entsha kunye ne-SE apis, abaphuhlisi baya kukwazi ukubonelela ngokutshintshiselana kwedatha ngaphandle kokuthintana ngaphakathi kwi-App, enokusetyenziswa kwiindlela zokuthutha ezivaliweyo, i-ID yenkampani, i-ID yomfundi, izitshixo zasekhaya, izitshixo zehotele, amanqaku omthengisi kunye namakhadi emivuzo, kwanamatikiti eziganeko, kwaye kwixesha elizayo, amaxwebhu esazisi.