Mobile solutions for access control present a big opportunity to deliver a wide range of user-friendly applications and drive market growth. The backbone of mobile access control is undoubtedly mobile credentials, which have increasingly been shaping the landscape of access control technologies, offering a blend of convenience, security, and remote manageability that is winning over the younger generations of building occupants. Primarily using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Near-Field Communication (NFC) as communication protocols, mobile credentials are virtual keys stored on smartphones. First and foremost, they offer the advantage of leveraging essential personal devices that users are less likely to lose or forget, thus enhancing user convenience. Administrators also benefit from being able to remotely issue, revoke, or replace these credentials, thanks to their cloud-based architecture. That software architecture relies on specialized applications acting as digital keys by interfacing with compatible card readers to control access to authorized entry points. The move to digital credentials […]