NFC gets a batch of domain

The next version of the nearby communications standard (NFC) aims to facilitate pairing payments and devices and open doors using your phone or smart watch. The most prominent improvement is a batch at the distance of connections that do not come into contact with 0.5 cm to 2 cm, which extends the range by x4.

the Standard update NFC version 15 It means that NFC chips should not need to be accurately aligned with stations to register a connection, and it is especially useful for users who have to stumble with smaller devices such as smart watches or rings. TO-To-Pay systems like Apple Pay will start sooner, which makes non-contact payments faster and more reliable.

While some devices already record connections that do not come into contact with more than 5 mm distances, NFC forum behind the standard Update specifications is “redefining the basis line”. NFC 15 version is needed to support unimaginable applications and “requires a higher reliability and a broader operating scope”, ” According to the NFC Forum. This includes NFC technology that is integrated into increasingly smaller devices and performing more complicated activities With one clickLike using a portfolio application to pay the price of products, receive digital receipts, and collect the store loyalty points.

The NFC 15 currently available for members of the NFC high -level forum, including Apple, Google, Sony and Huawei, allowing them to start implementing improvements in their own products. Certificate of compliance will be provided to the public at some point in this fall. freedom NFC asked if the current NFC devices can be updated to support the new version standard when it is released but it was not heard before publishing.