Eddystone

FAQ’s

Eddystone is one of the most widely talked about topics in the digital world, its existing and potential

customers are out on different platforms with dozens of queries.

Your queries on Eddystone answered

FAQ’s

What is a beacon? Why all this hype around it?

Beacon is the enabling technology for individual mobile devices to alert apps or websites carrying contextual and proximity based information when somebody approaches or leaves a location.

It has more than less marked a ‘revolution in customer experience’ and for retailers and companies, had helped overcome a major hindrance; free, easy and effortless communication with their customers.

It’s no wonder, beacons are expected to drive $44 billion by this year which is $4 billion more than it did in 2015.

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How does Eddystone contribute to this?

Eddystone is a Google authorized, but open-format, medium or platform for broadcasting of

Bluetooth Low Energy data from beacons.

What makes it different from Apple’s ibeacon?

Eddystone is an answer to the exhaustive number of apps on which ibeacon works.

Unlike ibeacon it can broadcast a pre-programmed website URL which is pushed to individual

mobile devices within the ambit of the beacon.

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What are the peculiarities of Eddystone’s three frame types?

Eddystone’s featuring of three frame types is what makes it distinct from other beacon formats.

Eddystone-UID, which is similar to iBeacon, communicates with apps installed in individual

devices to trigger push notifications or app actions.

Eddystone-URL, broadcasts a URL that can be picked up by the users’ Physical Web browsers

based on location and proximity to a beacon.

Eddystone-TLM , works with the other two frame types and is designed to broadcast telemetry

information.

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Can a single device support all three Eddystone frames and ibeacon?

This is possible, even though, most beacons is not yet supportive of this feature due to the huge

battery drain this might cause.

Some beacons already support both ibeacon and Eddystone though the user will have to switch

between the two as only one format can be used at a time.

Is Eddystone technology compatible with both Android and iOS?

Yes, though Eddystone currently doesn’t wake up iOS apps that is not working in the background.

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What about Windows phone support?

To the utmost relief of consumers, with windows 10, Microsoft has come up with a beacon supportive system.

What are the basic requirements for the functioning of Eddystone beacons?

A Bluetooth enabled, internet connected, Android, iOS or Windows 10 mobile device.

Why do Eddystone beacons need Bluetooth turned on?

Eddystone beacons, like any other beacons, are a Bluetooth Low Energy signal that works on the Bluetooth

function of a smart phone.

However unlike Classic Bluetooth, BLE, which is marketed as smart Bluetooth is intended to work on

comparatively low power consumption while maintain a similar communication range.

FAQ’sWhat is a physical web page?

Physical Web Browser is the built in app for the Android phones which is enabled to receive the URL pushed by a

beacon in its proximity.

It allows users to get hold of web objects without having an exhaustive number of apps installed.

Does Eddystone work with all web browsers?

Currently, NO. Google Chrome version 44 for iOS is the first Eddystone enabled mobile web browser.

To the utmost happiness of the Android Chrome users, on the 11th of February this year, the search giant had

announced the release of version 49 for Android that would include Physical Web content.

This feature will be compatible with all Android 4.0 devices and up.

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How is the beacon URL delivered to the user’s devices?

Android devices receive a push notification while passing by a beacon for the first time which helps

to enable the Physical Web content on Android Chrome, allowing communication with the nearby

beacons.

Used beacons will be saved by the Physical Web to provide easy access in the future.

In iOS devices it needs the chrome today widget included in the iOS notification panel in order to

receive the push notifications.

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What would it mean to live in an Eddystone beacon enabled world?

What it basically offers is an easy and accessible platform to make use of the Internet of Things

(IoT), to collect crucial information from the physical devices around us at the right place, at the

right time.

Say, you enter a restaurant or shopping mall, your Eddystone enabled device receives a

notification with all you want to know about there.

The same applies for railway stations, bus stops or any beacon enabled location.

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