Oh nice. Need to test if it will support NFC-based Yubikeys.
Apple joins the NFC party, providing iOS developers the ability to read NFC tags
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Re: Apple joins the NFC party, providing iOS developers the ability to read NFC tags
#22Neat, but I've yet to see a single NFC use case that gets me anywhere near as excited as this author. Amiibo is a cool concept but obviously limited. I've used some writable tags for android settings changes and such years ago, but it just doesn't seem useful to me. Anyone know a killer use case I'm missing here?
The biggest use case is probably for public transport. That's something where you are tapping on/off multiple times a day.
Thanks for the reply. That does sound interesting and would certainly save a lot of disposable cards/tickets. Here's hoping more interesting uses come about with this increase in user base!
Re: Apple joins the NFC party, providing iOS developers the ability to read NFC tags
#23Neat, but I've yet to see a single NFC use case that gets me anywhere near as excited as this author. Amiibo is a cool concept but obviously limited. I've used some writable tags for android settings changes and such years ago, but it just doesn't seem useful to me. Anyone know a killer use case I'm missing here?
I don't know about a "killer use case", but I use NFC on my Nexus 5X all the time with my Yubikey Neo or to check the balance on my transit pass.
I'm surprised iPhones were missing this, its not killer but its definitely useful.
Re: Apple joins the NFC party, providing iOS developers the ability to read NFC tags
#24At first I was excited, but then I read the docs:
> Read only
> Only supports NDEF formatted tags
> Available only on iPhone 7 and newer
Basically, this is even more crippled than what WP 8.0 did five years ago (and back then I thought it was too crippled to be useful)
Re: Apple joins the NFC party, providing iOS developers the ability to read NFC tags
#25Re: Apple joins the NFC party, providing iOS developers the ability to read NFC tags
#26Neat, but I've yet to see a single NFC use case that gets me anywhere near as excited as this author. Amiibo is a cool concept but obviously limited. I've used some writable tags for android settings changes and such years ago, but it just doesn't seem useful to me. Anyone know a killer use case I'm missing here?
The biggest use case is probably for public transport. That's something where you are tapping on/off multiple times a day.
Reading NFC transit passes doesn't sound too exciting. I mean, if a phone has an NFC chip, why not use the phone (plus an app) instead of a transit pass, tapping with your phone where you're expected to tap with your pass? This is like your phone wouldn't come with a music player, but would come with a full-fledged oscillograph instead.
Re: Apple joins the NFC party, providing iOS developers the ability to read NFC tags
#27Neat, but I've yet to see a single NFC use case that gets me anywhere near as excited as this author. Amiibo is a cool concept but obviously limited. I've used some writable tags for android settings changes and such years ago, but it just doesn't seem useful to me. Anyone know a killer use case I'm missing here?
One nice thing is bluetooth pairing.
I bought a pair of Bose QC35 headphones recently. There is an NFC tag embedded in the headphones. I just had to tap my phone to the headphones and hit an "accept" button on my phone, and they were paired.
Similarly a friend has a box plugged into their stereo that's essentially just an A2DP receiver with RCA outputs, and has NFC on it for pairing. I wanted to play some music on his stereo at a party, and all I had to do was tap my phone to the receiver and start up Spotify.
Re: Apple joins the NFC party, providing iOS developers the ability to read NFC tags
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
The biggest use case is probably for public transport. That's something where you are tapping on/off multiple times a day.
Reading NFC transit passes doesn't sound too exciting. I mean, if a phone has an NFC chip, why not use the phone (plus an app) instead of a transit pass, tapping with your phone where you're expected to tap with your pass? This is like your phone wouldn't come with a music player, but would come with a full-fledged oscillograph instead.
There is this Android app that allows you to read your transit pass to check the balance. It's pretty handy with a Clipper Card, for example.
http://codebutler.github.io/farebot/
That said Chicago seems to have the most convenient system along the lines of what you're talking about -- you can use plain old tap and pay at the terminal with Apple Pay or Android Pay.
Re: Apple joins the NFC party, providing iOS developers the ability to read NFC tags
#30Neat, but I've yet to see a single NFC use case that gets me anywhere near as excited as this author. Amiibo is a cool concept but obviously limited. I've used some writable tags for android settings changes and such years ago, but it just doesn't seem useful to me. Anyone know a killer use case I'm missing here?
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