Earlier today, Apple announced another major new functionality coming to iOS 18.1: the ability for third-party apps to offer NFC transactions via the iPhone’s Secure Element: Starting with iOS 18.1, ...

Until now, the NFC platform on iOS was limited to Apple’s own Apple Pay and Apple Wallet. Apple is finally opening up its NFC platform on iOS to third-party developers. With the upcoming iOS 18.1 ...

Apple isn't just opening up Near-Field Communication (NFC) access in the European Union; it's offering third-party access to functions like tap-to-pay in the US and other regions. The company posted a ...

Apple has recently released the third beta of iOS 18.1, alongside the eighth beta of iOS 18.0. These updates bring a range of new features, enhancements, and bug fixes to the iOS ecosystem. While iOS ...

Tomorrow, at 10 AM Pacific Time, Apple will unveil the next-generation versions of its operating systems, including iOS 19 (now expected to be named iOS 26) for iPhone. The flagship change for the new ...

In today’s edition of Bloomberg’s Power On newsletter, Mark Gurman reports that Apple is working on redesigning iOS and macOS. It sounds less drastic than the visual changes seen in the iOS 6 to iOS 7 ...