The iBeacon is the name of Apple’s standard technology; the place where this technology is present, your iOS and Android devices will listen to the signals in the real world and react accordingly. Let’s simplify it more in a one-sentence summary. You can think iBeacon like a GPS where satellites transmit signals to the receiver, similarly, iBeacon transmit signals to the mobile device. For example, you have entered with your iOS or Android device into an iBeacon-equipped parking area and have parked your car. When you return back to that area, your iOS device will receive a signal from iBeacon, telling you where your car is and the direction to easily reach there.
This is just a half part of the story. In actual, the concept of iBeacon is really broad. To understand the concept deeply, let’s take a look at what the technology is used for and what to expect in future.
-> What iBeacon Technology is Used for?
iBeacon can be anywhere. It can be at retail stores, at the banks, at hospitals, or any place where the products and services are offered to the consumers. Let’s take an example of a retail store. When you are passing nearby the retail store, you will receive a discount coupon on your device valid for that particular day. You will also get the direction to reach that product on which discount is availed. To explore this concept, see how iBeacon works in a Brick Mortar Electronic store. From this video, you will get an exact idea for how iBeacon can be used and how you will be benefited from it. Not only in store, but the iBeacon is in every sector. See how it works in Banks.
iBeacon offers possibilities for almost all sectors. With your own creativity, you can imagine how iBeacon will work for you in your day to day activities. You can imagine it in a hospital where you will receive offers on eye check-up, diabetic check-up, etc. Imagine it on airports where you will receive deals on flights, or anything else. It will save you a lot at your each step from the place, you are walking nearby.
-> Future of iBeacon Technology
Within 6 to 12 months, iBeacon will turn into a hardware commodity. For various purposes, especially for shopping, people will use this technology as it tends to save them better.
If we look at the price of iBeacon devices by estimate, they come in a pack of 3 for $99. Recently Estimote launched Sticker iBeacons look like a iBeacon Device, but the difference is it comes in a pack of 10 for $99. So, it seems that the prices of iBeacon devices are dropping speedily and the day is near when the stores will get these devices in exchange of a few cents. Cheap prices will make it easier for manufacturers to buy them in bulk and tie them with each category of products and services.
Going beyond the products and services, iBeacon technology may reach to your home, to your desk, books, keys, pockets, stationery items, clothes, appliances, etc. Wherever your mobile detects a wireless connection, it will become more possible for you to control it.
-> iBeacons is a Big Deal
iBeacon network will inform the brands, stores, service providers, or others when the customers come within the area where they have their shops. It increases their sales and profits in turn. Customers will be benefited as they do not require walking here and there in order to find some great discounts. It will save their time and money as well. App development companies will now focus on how to make the things easier for iBeacon users. So, isn’t it a big deal? Yes, it is.
Latest Technology Trends 