Improvements to NFC standards could make it easier to use Apple Pay and Google Pay
At the same time, the NFC Forum is looking to hike the technology’s current wireless charging specification from 1 watts to 3 watts which would bring wireless charging capabilities to “new and smaller form factors,” according to the community-led organization. It should be noted that the NFC Forum did not give examples of what type of products could take advantage of the new standards to support wireless charging.
To make sure that initiatives like the ones we’ve mentioned and others become a possibility over the next two to five years, the NFC Forum says that it will collaborate with its 400 members and industry groups to make sure that everyone is on the same page.
Apple, Google, Sony and other big name tech firms are members of the NFC Forum
NFC Forum Executive Director Mike McCamon said, “The exponential growth of NFC technology is a testament to our members’ forward-thinking approach and unwavering dedication to innovation. Through our continuously evolving standards, business-line managers and product designers will be able to create new and exciting products and services that customers will love.”
Apple first added NFC to the iPhone with the iPhone 6 line in 2014. NFC was available on Android devices since the first phone running the operating system, the HTC Dream (aka the T-Mobile G1 in the U.S.) was released in 2008.
