Beacon Toy
Free Version
Publisher Description
Featured at Google I/O 2016! Create Bluetooth Low Energy beacons using your device.
A beacon is a self-repeating, low-power, Bluetooth advertisement of small data (31 bytes or less), that can reach devices 50 feet or more (or only immediately close if desired). Some of them can be detected without needing an app; see http://physical-web.org for details.
You can only broadcast beacons on Android 5.0+ devices that support BLE peripheral mode. Many pre-2015 devices are incompatible, while most newer ones are, Check out a list of known devices at https://goo.gl/p3w5Qj
Supported beacon formats to advertise:
Eddystone frame types: URL, UID, and EID (fully supported and auto-refreshing)
iBeacon
Features
Host Eddystone-GATT service configuration - register production-ready Ephemeral ID or UID beacons with Google's Beacon Tools app, on another device.
Run multiple beacons - device limited: up to 4 on Nexus 6, up to 8 on Galaxy S7, etc.
Built-in goo.gl shortener
Ephemeral URLs via https://uriio.com - create un-spoofable, rotating URLs; change the destination target without touching the beacon!
Background service that resumes on device boot
View and clone nearby BLE packets
Use cases
Broadcast any URL you want: your site, your store's / cafeteria webpage (or why not, even the menu?), your personal website, your social network profiles, a funny YouTube video, or anything else you can think of and want the people nearby to come in contact with.
Share nearby a link relevant to the place your device is located at, which is yourself, or maybe a kiosk or anything else.
For advanced usage, play around with the Proximity Beacon API and attach any kind of data to your beacons.
About Beacon Toy
Beacon Toy is a free app for Android published in the System Maintenance list of apps, part of System Utilities.
The company that develops Beacon Toy is Adrian Cretu. The latest version released by its developer is 1.0. This app was rated by 2 users of our site and has an average rating of 2.5.
To install Beacon Toy on your Android device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2016-11-01 and was downloaded 106 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the Beacon Toy as malware as malware if the download link to com.uriio is broken.
How to install Beacon Toy on your Android device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to Google Play.
- Once the Beacon Toy is shown in the Google Play listing of your Android device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the Install button located below the search bar and to the right of the app icon.
- A pop-up window with the permissions required by Beacon Toy will be shown. Click on Accept to continue the process.
- Beacon Toy will be downloaded onto your device, displaying a progress. Once the download completes, the installation will start and you'll get a notification after the installation is finished.