In recent months, the European Union has pressured Apple to make its operating system more open and won as a result. As a result of the pressures, Apple provided various advantages for users in the European Union. In the Apple article published today, it is said that with iOS 18.1, iPhone NFC usage will be opened outside EU countries.

Paying with NFC from iPhone outside the European Union

A few months ago, Apple allowed the use of NFC outside of Apple Pay for European Union countries. After this update, users in countries without Apple Pay, including Turkey, asked Apple to allow 3rd party applications to use NFC. Apple responded with an article published yesterday and announced that developers in countries without Apple Pay can perform in-app NFC transactions using the Secure Element API with iOS 18.1.

Starting with iOS 18.1, developers will be able to make NFC payments from iPhone separately from Apple Pay and Wallet. Using the new NFC and Secure Element APIs, developers will now be able to provide users with many features such as in-store payments, car keys, public transport cards, hotel keys, reward cards and event tickets. This will not be limited to iPhones. Thanks to Apple’s newly developed APIs, developers will be able to integrate the above features into Apple Watch. However, a compatible watchOS version will be expected to be released first.

Let’s not forget that Privacy and Security is one of Apple’s most important issues. The company will allow the new NFC and Secure Element APIs to be used through a series of processes with its own servers. Therefore, in order for developers to use this new solution, an agreement must be made with Apple to claim NFC and Secure Element rights and a fee must be paid to Apple. The company will allow developers who accept its terms to use NFC in payment methods in 3rd party applications with iOS 18.1. It is currently reported that this will initially be available to developers in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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