In our previous report, we compared the impact on the phone battery (link), in this report we compare the beacons themselves across different parameters.īattery consumption behavior of beacons is very important, especially when deploying them in a large enterprise setting. We have stress tested beacons from 26 different vendors over past nine months, examining every aspect of them under different conditions. Beacons come in all form and shapes, with diverse chipsets, battery sizes and firmware. In this report we present the first comprehensive comparison of various beacon hardware available in the market. The majority of them are powered by battery. In this report, we examine battery life of beacons themselves.īeacons have been gaining popularity recently. Under real-life scenarios,a phone’s battery drain should be less than 1% because of nearby beacons. In our previous report, we examined the impact of beacons on both iPhone and Android.
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Since the beacons use standard Bluetooth LE, it is supported well on both Android and iOS.Īs the name suggests, the Low Energy variant of Bluetooth is extremely power efficient. Numerous applications have emerged – including indoor navigation, location based marketing, location based customer service, clienteling, and personalized assistance. Unlike GPS, beacons can be used for accurate positioning indoors. The mechanism is very similar to how ships used to use lighthouses – the lighthouse would emit light which was picked up by passing by ships. Phones can accurately position themselves by receiving signals from all nearby beacons. The iBeacons, or just beacons, transmit a unique signal multiple times every second which can be received by phones within a few meter radius.
IBeacon refers to tiny battery powered devices which emit Bluetooth LE signals.
The technology is based on the standard Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) protocol, and is supported on all major smartphones including both Android and iPhone. Apple announced iBeacon technology to help smartphones identify their position and location in indoor spaces.
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