Ku ya 14 Kanama, Apple yatangaje mu buryo butunguranye ko izafungura chip ya NFC ya iPhone kubateza imbere kandi ikabemerera gukoresha ibikoresho by’umutekano byimbere muri terefone kugira ngo batangire imirimo yo guhana amakuru adahuza muri porogaramu zabo. Muri make, mugihe kizaza, abakoresha iPhone bazashobora gukoresha terefone zabo kugirango bagere kubikorwa nkimfunguzo zimodoka, kugenzura abaturage, no gufunga imiryango yubwenge, kimwe nabakoresha Android. Ibi bivuze kandi ko ibyiza "byihariye" bya Apple Pay na Apple Wallet bizashira buhoro buhoro. Nubwo, Apple nko muri 2014 kurutonde rwa iPhone 6, yongeyeho imikorere ya NFC. Ariko gusa Apple Pay na Apple Wallet, kandi ntabwo ifunguye neza NFC. Ni muri urwo rwego, Apple rwose iri inyuma ya Android, erega, Android imaze igihe kinini ikungahaye kumikorere ya NFC, nko gukoresha terefone zigendanwa kugirango ugere ku mfunguzo zimodoka, kugenzura abaturage, gufungura imiryango yubwenge ifunze nibindi bikorwa. Apple yatangaje ko guhera kuri iOS 18.1, abayitegura bazashobora gutanga amakuru ya NFC adahuza amakuru muri porogaramu zabo bwite za iPhone bakoresheje Umutekano Element (SE) imbere muri iPhone, utandukanye na Apple Pay na Apple Wallet. Hamwe na NFC na SE apis nshya, abashinzwe iterambere bazashobora gutanga amakuru adahuza amakuru muri porogaramu, ishobora gukoreshwa mugutambuka-gufunga, indangamuntu ya sosiyete, indangamuntu yabanyeshuri, urufunguzo rwamazu, urufunguzo rwa hoteri, amanota yubucuruzi namakarita yo guhemba, ndetse amatike y'ibyabaye, kandi mugihe kizaza, ibyangombwa biranga.