Eddystone is a BLE beacon protocol released by Google which is open source and cross-platform. Eddystone contains three types of data frame types: Eddystone-UID, Eddystone-URL, and Eddystone-TLM:
- Eddystone-UID: A unique 16-byte static ID, typically used by native apps
- Eddystone-URL: A physical web project than transmits a compressed URL which is directly usable by the client
- Eddystone-TLM: Broadcasts beacons information such as battery level, sensor data and other information
Almost most all the major beacons manufacturer now supports both iBeacons and Eddystone data formats. Google is now promoting beacons technology so to provide better location and proximity experiences. Currently, eddystone-url frame is ...
