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Pushing your website to Android without an app

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39 pointsmazodude20 comments

It would be very annoying if everybody were doing that. Notifications at every step. Luckily I keep bluetooth off. How many people keep it on all the time?

It's a quiet notification - no sounds or buzzing, only visible if you pull down the top bar. It's intended for contextual use, ideally you'd pair it with a physical call-to-action.

Google are sensitive about the spam potential, to the point where they proxy beacon URL resolution through their servers.

Most people with any BT devices, wearable or at home (audio, smartwatches etc) don't bother to turn it off. And I agree, this crapware feature (of Android, or what's responsible?) just brings back all those obnoxious banners that cities been removing from the streets recently.

I keep it on at all times so I don't have to enable\disable it each time I enter exit my car.

To be clear: You dont need anything special installed on your phone. Just Google Play Services and Google Chrome..

Currently the feature is muted by Android. https://developers.google.com/nearby/notifications/overview

So its not working currently.

However the idea is to move to the Physical Web: https://google.github.io/physical-web/

Title should be "Pushing your website to Estimote or Beacon Tools users on Android".

Android itself gets the notification not the tools that are used to setup the beacon. I have noted that in the article.

Thanks for the clarifications! I misunderstood the article.

I don't think it is so easy to find people with bluetooth on and estimote app installed!

Estimote app is only to setup the beacon, not to get the notification

You should probably note that in the post, it's not very clear at all.

Post updated to state that.

Thanks

If you have chrome installed, can it not interact with the beacons? So no need to have a separate app installed?

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2016/02/chrome-android-bluetooth-be...

These will also show up in the Chrome widget in the nofication center on iOS

This seems like a practically perfect way to target individuals with trojans.

You will need an Android phone with the following applications installed:

    Estimote
    Beacon Tools

You need at least 1 beacon (we recommend Estimote), you can buy beacons here

That is just to set up the beacon itself

Sorry the page is down for me

Hug of death :-( Working on getting Cloudflare up

If you use Wordpress, take a look at WP Super Cache.

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