NFC to Gain Longer Range, Better Wireless Charging

[cdmagurus.com]

The NFC Forum — the group tasked with developing and overseeing the standards for NFC ("tap") technology — has announced five specific priorities for enhancing NFC technology over the next five years. Increased range will allow NFC "taps" to work at a distance of up to 3 centimeters, eliminating the need for precise alignment of antennas. (The current standard calls for a range of just 5mm.) Increased Power for NFC Wireless Charging will boost the charging power from 1 watt to 3 watts, making this little-used feature applicable to more use cases. Multiple Purpose Tap will enable multiple transactions in a single tap, such as providing loyalty card and payment card info at the same time. The NFC is also looking to standardize SoftPOS, the feature that allows any smartphone to act as a payment terminal. Apple introduced its own version of this last year as "Tap to Pay on iPhone". Another new feature will standardize a type of electronic recycling label that will share, via NFC, data on the product's composition and ways it can be recycled. Each of these features are in various stages of development, with some coming soon and some coming by the end of 2028.


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