Eddystone, an Open Format for Beacons and Connected Devices

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Eddystone is an open beacon format announced by Google that aims to be richer than Apple’s iBeacon and is supported by about 70% of mobile phones worldwide. The talk explains the Eddystone specification and shows how to interact with Eddystone beacons and connected objects from Android and iOS devices, both with and without a dedicated app.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:11What is a beacon
3. 4:24Consumer uses
4. 7:17Apple iBeacon features
5. 10:50Eddystone name origin
6. 11:53Eddystone specs
7. 13:36Generating Eddystone UID
8. 15:02Scanning on Android
9. 17:07Eddystone-URL and telemetry
10. 19:37Advanced telemetry
11. 20:23Proximity Beacon API
12. 23:15Physical Web basics
13. 25:20Physical Web examples
14. 26:29Eddystone benefits

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