iPhone 7 details at Apple.
The iPhone 7 will be the first Apple phone to support reading and writing NFC tags when iOS 11 ships in autumn 2017. This will open up new uses for the phone and new opportunities for service providers by enabling advertising, information delivery, pairing and interaction with real world objects.
iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus coverage in NFC World
- Transport for Ireland adds NFC transit card top-ups for iPhone users
- Paris adds support for iPhone transit card top ups
- TravelMaster lets iPhone users update their travel cards via NFC
- Apple to let iPhone owners use NFC to read all types of contactless card — except for payments cards
- Google includes support for FeliCa NFC payments in Pixel 3 smartphones
- Face ID reported to take longer to unlock an iPhone than Touch ID
- NXP releases NFC tag toolkit for iOS
- Apple to ship iOS 11 with NFC tag reading support on 19 September
- Apple makes NFC tag reading available for beta testing
- Apple to enable NFC pairing on HomeKit smart home devices
- NXP issues statement of support for NFC tag reading on Apple devices
- US pharmacy deploys NFC shelf labels for greater product insight
- Apple Pay to add P2P payments to iMessage through iOS 11
- Apple Watch to enhance fitness monitoring using NFC tag reading
- Apple adds support for NFC tags to iPhone 7 and Apple Watch
- Apple Pay goes live in Japan
- Apple targets cashless society
- Apple continues NFC support
- FeliCa NFC technology confirmed for Apple Pay in Japan
- Best Buy discusses Apple Pay, MCX and Chase Pay support