Apple announced they will be releasing a "cryptographic" development tool in iOS 13 named CryptoKit at its Worldwide Developers Conference.
The CryptoKit will allow developers to implement hashing, key generation, exchange, and encryption in iOS apps. Previously developers were limited to the CommonCrypto framework provided by Apple which had a lot of the same functionality but lacked important features.
"For the first time, developers can leverage the secure enclave to manage a user’s keys in an iPhone, achieving a similar level of security to hardware wallets,"
- Alejandro Machado, co-founder at Open Money Initiative
From what I understand, this will mostly benefit developers using Apple's own Swift language but may open the door to better integration with hardware products like Trezor & Ledger as well as software solutions like Bread Wallet.
Samsung already has Cryptocurrency hardware wallet functionality in their latest model although it only supports Ethereum (#fail).
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