ibeacons Technology from Microsoft

Question

I just come across about ibeacons technology which introduced by Apple but haven't got any API/framework from Microsoft.

Is there any API or framework available from Microsoft which gives support for Ibeacons implementation?

Thanks

Answer 1

Unfortunately, this is not possible with Windows Phone 8, because it only supports Bluetooth 3.1 iBeacons require Bluetooth 4.0, also known as BluetoothLE.

In October 2013, Nokia announced that upcoming phones would have Bluetooth LE support. Unfortunately, these only allow OS-level pairing with Bluetooth LE devices. There is no public api.

This makes it impossible to develop a third-party iBeacon Library for the Windows Phone similar to the Android iBeacon Library.

Unfortunately, Windows Phone users will have to wait for a later release with either native iBeacon support or a public BluetoothLE API that allows a third party to develop a Windows iBeacon Library.

Update: this appears to remain impossible with Windows Phone 8.1. See my comment on the answer from @keni

Answer 2

Update: Windows 10 will support Bluetooth LE Advertisements. Current status as of today (4/23/2015) is that the preview build of Windows 10 still has an incomplete SDK implementation and a few bugs. However, next week a new build will be introduced and it can be safely assumed that we'll get a good glimpse on how this will actually work.

Sending and receiving pure Advertisements works already. Have a look at the Sample that you can download from github here:https://github.com/Microsoft/Windows-universal-samples/tree/master/bluetoothadvertisement