People's quick mental checklist of "phones, keys, wallet" before leaving the house could soon be narrowed down to "phone, wallet."
This is owing to the information that Apple may soon announce a major overhaul to its NFC chip, allowing users to open their house and car doors with a simple swipe of their phones. Used primarily to finalize Apple Pay purchases, the tech giant's employees have enjoyed the groundbreaking feature for quite some time, able to unlock doors and buildings in the organization's Cupertino-based HQ.
"The change to the near-field communication, or NFC, chip, which is expected to be announced next month, could pave the way for people to use iPhones for other security-sensitive interactions, from paying transit fares and opening car doors to verifying their identity in other ways," read The Information (h/t Engadget), via MacRumors.
NFC chips can be used in a variety of other ways, too, including in the health care industry.
These findings were reportedly discovered in copy related to the upcoming release of iOS 12. Apple has reportedly been working on this since 2014 with HID Global, a security identity company, and will allegedly announce this new feature in early June during the 2018 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC).
