The document traces the evolution of beacon technology from 2013-2016, including key developments such as: - Apple's announcement of iBeacon technology in 2013 which used coin cell batteries - Vendors switching to larger AA battery powered beacons in 2014 - Google creating UriBeacon to connect Bluetooth Low Energy beacons to the Physical Web in 2015 - Google launching the open Eddystone beacon format in 2015 to support both iOS and Android platforms - Predictions that beacon sales will influence over $40 billion in sales by 2016 and shipments will exceed 400 million units by 2020

1. THE EVOLUTION OF
BEACONS
2013
2014
2015
2016
A BIT
LATER
JUST
AFTER
LATER
THE FIRST BOXES OF BEACONS
WERE SHIPPED IN AUGUST 2013
Functionality
Power Requirements
Energy
Cost of Ownership
COIN CELL
BATTERY BEACON
BEACON VENDORS SWITCH TO
LARGER BATTERY CAPACITY
BEACON DEVICES
Functionality
Power Requirements
Energy
Cost of Ownership
AA CELL
BATTERY BEACON
APPLE QUIETLY ANNOUNCED
iBEACON AT THE WORLD WIDE
DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE
(WWDC) IN JUNE 2013.
GOOGLE CREATED THE URIBEACON
TO CONNECT BLUETOOTH LOW
ENERGY (BLE) BEACONS TO THE
PHYSICAL WEB. UNLIKE iBEACON,
URIBEACON SENDS USERS TO A
WEBPAGE AND DOESN’T NEED
MULTIPLE APPS.
GOOGLE LAUNCHED A NEW OPEN
FORMAT FOR BLUETOOTH LOW
ENERGY (BLE) BEACONS IN JULY
2015. EDDYSTONE SUPPORTS
BOTH iOS AND ANDROID, IT
WORKS WITH APPS AND THE
PHYSICAL WEB.
TECHINSIDER.IO PREDICTS
BEACON SALES WILL DIRECTLY
INFLUENCE OVER $40 BILLION
DOLLARS IN SALES BY THE END
OF 2016.
ABI RESEARCH PROJECTS
BEACON SHIPMENTS WILL
COMFORTABLY EXCEED 400
MILLION UNITS IN 2020.
GCELL INTRODUCE AN INDOOR
SOLAR CELL POWERED BEACON
IN FEBRUARY 2016
Functionality
Power Requirements
Energy
Cost of Ownership
SOLAR CELL
POWERED BEACON
GCELL INTRODUCE AN
AUTONOMOUSLY POWERED
BEACON
Functionality
Power Requirements
Energy
Cost of Ownership
AUTONOMOUSLY
POWERED BEACON
GCELL INTRODUCE AN
AUTONOMOUSLY POWERED
BEACON WITH SENSORS
Functionality
Power Requirements
Energy
Cost of Ownership
AUTONOMOUSLY
POWERED SENSING
BEACON
Eddystone
uri
beacon
Not all iBeacon Hardware is the same
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