The NFC Forum, the global standards body for Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, has announced its latest roadmap for the development of NFC Forum Standards and its corresponding technical capabilities.
New topics to be progressed over the forthcoming years include faster data rates, end-to-end application testing, and security advancements. Additionally, ongoing work will continue to evolve the NFC Wireless Charging offer, advance multi-purpose tap and explore new digital key requirements.
The roadmap was collaboratively developed by the NFC Forum Board members – including representatives from Apple, Google, Huawei, Identiv, Infineon, NuCurrent, NXP Semiconductors, Sony, and ST Microelectronics – in consultation with the NFC Forum membership and industry partners to ensure anticipated market requirements are addressed. The six key roadmap priorities include:
Faster Data Rates. Exploring the potential to increase the standardized current rate at which data can be transferred between two devices by up to eight times, delivering a smoother and more responsive NFC user experience.
Improving Reader Mode Interoperability. Providing end-to-end interoperability testing to confirm that new and updated applications successfully and consistently operate on NFC Forum Certified Devices, improving NFC Reader Mode reliability across all use cases.
Security Advancements. Publishing NFC Forum’s first-ever NFC Controllers Security Profile, as well as looking to future proof NFC security protocols against Post Quantum Computing threats and strengthening NFC against relay-based attacks.
Wireless Power Evolution. Commencing work on the next generation of NFC Forum Wireless Charging Specifications to define device category specific profiles, support devices with multiple wireless charging receivers, and deliver higher charging power levels.
Multi-Purpose Tap. Defining the technical proposals required to bring the concept of supporting several actions with a single ‘tap’ to market. This includes the ability of the NFC Reader to specify and request the specific credentials needed to perform a user action.
Digital Keys. Exploring innovative new digital key experiences to ensure NFC Forum Standards support a range of industry requirements.
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