Browser Awareness of Bluetooth Beacons / iBeacons

Question

Is there a way to make a browser aware of iBeacon devices in its proximity?

Similar to the way HTML5 Geolocation is working...

If not would this be something th

Answer 1

This looks promising (2016), Google Chrome developers site showing a desktop browser feature as a work in progress.

https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2015/07/interact-with-ble-devices-on-the-web?hl=en

Even though the Web Bluetooth API specification is not finalized yet, the Chrome Team is actively looking for enthusiastic developers (I mean you) to try out this work-in-progress API and give feedback on the spec and feedback on the implementation.

Web Bluetooth API is currently available to be enabled experimentally on your origin in Origin Trials, or locally on your machine using an experimental flag. The implementation is partially complete and currently available on Chrome OS, Chrome for Android M, Linux, and Mac.

Go to chrome://flags/#enable-web-bluetooth, enable the highlighted flag, restart Chrome and you should be able to scan for and connect to nearby Bluetooth devices, read/write Bluetooth characteristics, receive GATT Notifications and know when a Bluetooth device gets disconnected.

https://github.com/WebBluetoothCG/web-bluetooth/blob/gh-pages/implementation-status.md