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iBeacon

Region Monitoring

Same Core Location APIs as geofences

Beacon regions

Passbook relevance

Ranging

This is new for iOS7

Proximity to an iBeacon

Categorized into 3 zones:

Immediate zone

  • Device held up close to beacon
  • On the order of centimeters
  • Highly confident

Near zone

  • Within a couple of meters
  • Fairly certain

Far zone

  • Likely more than a few meters
  • Or signal strength is too weak
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