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What is an iBeacon?

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What is an iBeacon?

- [Instructor] Introduced in iOS 7, iBeacon is an exciting technology that enables location awareness possibilities for FileMaker custom apps. Leveraging Bluetooth low-energy, a device with iBeacon technology can be used to establish a region around an object. Now other companies including Google and PayPal have indicated that they'll have their own beacon technologies coming to market by the time you're watching this, but these technologies are separate from iBeacon, which is an Apple technology, and FileMaker Go currently works only with iBeacons. The ability to connect to iBeacons allows an iOS device to determine when it has entered or left a certain region. It also gives an estimation of the proximity to an iBeacon. iBeacons are actually things that you can attach to physical objects, whether it be a piece of machinery, or a certain room, or let's say I'm recording this in a booth right now, there could be a beacon in…

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