Tim Cook's trip to Japan this past week has given us a lot of information. Apple will open the first R&D center in Japan before the end of the year, but it will not be the only one, since during this last trip it announced the opening of another new R&D center. This new center will be dedicated to artificial intelligence developer so that Siri stop offering us Safari results every time we ask you a question that is not related to the operating system where you are, whether it is iOS or macOS.
Apple officially announced the collaboration agreement between the guys from Cupertino and FeliCa, the largest NFC payment system available in almost the entire country and with which you can make purchases in stores, pay for public transport tickets or buy at vending machines . Logically, Apple cannot launch a special iPhone model for Japan that makes it hardware compatible with FeliCa, so the only option is to do it through an update.
According to the two main operators in the country, Apple Pay will begin to provide service on October 25, the date scheduled for the launch of iOS 10.1, an update that also brings the activation of portrait mode on the iPhone 7 Plus integrates the software necessary for all users of FeliCa's NFC cards can integrate this into your iPhone.
The arrival of iOS 10.1 is subject to the launch of Apple Pay in Japan, so if the country's telephone operators together with other sources affirm that next October 25, the Japanese will be able to enjoy Apple PayThis would also confirm that the first major update of iOS 10, would arrive well before the end of the year, as announced in the last keynote.
