NEARBY INTERACTION

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Created Jul ’20

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Will the apple have the plan to support or interact with other UWB DEVICES ? for example iphone 11 can measure the distance between iphone 11 and other brand of UWB devices or third-party UWB devices ,
BECAUSE IF APPLE HAS the SUPPORT OF THE API FOR U1 chip OR IPHONE 11 TO INTERACT OR MEASURE THE DISTANCE WITH OTHER BRAND OF UWB DEVICES THAN ONLY IPHONE11 OR APPLE AIRTAG , I REALLY THINK THE APPLE DEVELOPERs WILL BE ABLE TO CREATE MANY OF CREATIVE APPs more and more ,when the apple allow the iphone 11 interact with other brand UWB THAN ONLY iphone 11 or apple airtag or only apple products
I meant i just want to measure the distance between iphone 11 and the UWB anchor ( UWB arduino device ) or other brand of UWB anchor or many of various UWB- IoT devices

I AM ONE OF APP DEVELOPERS , I PERSONALLY ASK THE APPLE TO CREATE THE UWB API THAT ALLOW THE IPHONE 11 INTERACT OR MEASURE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN IPHONE 11 AND OTHER BRAND OF UWB DEVICES OR ANCHOR AS ARDUINO

so will the apple have the plan to support or interact with other UWB DEVICES soon ? when ?

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Answer 1

OP

Apple

Jul ’20

Nearby Interaction API supports interaction between two or more iPhones with a U1 chip, such as iPhone 11.

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Answer 2

LakVijay OP

Jul ’20

1 for OP. We need apple iphone 11 to be detected by non apple UWB devices. We can't afford to spend 1000$ on each anchor (iPhone 11). Will apple open this up for detection, it should be no different than bluetooth, if bluetooth can be detected by non apple devices, UWB should be too :)

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stonebits OP

Nov ’20

This is something that's sorely needed, hopefully support for interaction with "non iPhones" will be released soon.

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Answer 4

jaromiliasty OP

May ’22

With iOS15 it is possible to range and get both distance and angle orientation between U1-enabled Apple device and UWB-enabled third-party device that is compatible with FiRa and interoperable with U1.

You can use Nearby Interaction API for this - more details here: https://developer.apple.com/nearby-interaction/

If you want to build an iOS app that is ranging with 3rd-party UWB devices just google "UWB beacons" and get one of the available Dev Kits; they typically come with SDK including sample code, so it's trivial to integrate it to your mobile app.

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