Apple to open iPhone NFC functionality for EU Brexit app by end of this year

The UK government has launched an app that helps EU citizens apply for residency in the UK post-Brexit. The process requires that people fill out a short form, take a selfie, and scan their passport with NFC using their smartphone. The iPhone’s NFC functionality, however, only supports NDEF data format, and the data encoded inside passports does not follow these standards. As detailed by NFC World, Apple will extend the NFC capabilities of the iPhone to support the EU Exit: ID Document Check application.