NFC to get transmission range boost by up to six times and a greater power capacity for wireless charging, promises a NFC Forum’s Technology Roadmap through 2028.
Nobody knows what 2028 will hold, but if everything goes as planned for the people behind the Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, it could bring us a truly contactless NFC experience. The plans are for the current 5mm (0.2 in) transmission range to get turbocharged by up to six times (up to 30mm, or 1.2 in) and for the power capacity to increase from 1W to 3W (via Android Central).
The NFC Forum (the conglomerate behind NFC) is to officially introduce the public to its plans for the next five years at a webinar called Technology Roadmap. You can register for the webinar here. Five key points are the fundamentals of the Roadmap plan through 2028:
All of the announced updates are in different development stages: some are still in research, some are already in the process of specification drafting. Plans are the current NFC wireless charging capability to increase three times from 1W to 3W, thus bringing wireless power and options to successfully charge new and smaller devices.
