Tag: nfc
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The NFC Update That Matters Isn’t the Tap. It’s the Onboarding.
Google pushed out Play Services v26.35 on September 8, and buried in the changelog was a line easy to skim past: Android phones can now use NFC to read a physical transit card and add it, balance included, straight into Google Wallet. Hold the card near the phone, wait a few seconds, and from then…
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The Chip Inside the Tap: Why Transit’s Next NFC Upgrade Isn’t About Speed
Denver’s RTD is now processing thousands of contactless fare taps a month. Underneath that success, two quieter developments in NFC reader interoperability and post-quantum secure elements will decide whether today’s transit payment hardware still holds up in ten years.
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The Tap-to-Pay Wave Hitting North American Transit in 2026
NJ Transit, ORCA, Apple Pay, and California’s Clipper 2.0 all went live with contactless fare payment this year. Here’s what the wave of 2026 tap-to-pay launches actually reveals about transit payment modernization, NFC technology, and the program management work underneath it.