From 9f6566df3137643157b05df2087bcca7ee240284 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Franck Nijhof Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2022 15:21:43 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] 2022.10: iBeacons --- source/_posts/2022-10-05-release-202210.markdown | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/source/_posts/2022-10-05-release-202210.markdown b/source/_posts/2022-10-05-release-202210.markdown index 6eefbff67dc..bd6464c87f4 100644 --- a/source/_posts/2022-10-05-release-202210.markdown +++ b/source/_posts/2022-10-05-release-202210.markdown @@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ Enjoy the (beta) release! - [Marcel van der Veldt joins Nabu Casa](#marcel-van-der-veldt-joins-nabu-casa) - [Active Bluetooth everywhere](#active-bluetooth-everywhere) +- [Support for iBeacons](#support-for-ibeacons) - [Finding the right integration](#finding-the-right-integration) - [Sub-views for dashboards](#sub-views-for-dashboards) - [Restyling of all dialogs](#restyling-of-all-dialogs) - [Viewing manual automations in the automation editor](#viewing-manual-automations-in-the-automation-editor) - [New template thingies](#new-template-thingies) - [Google sheets](#google-sheets) -- [iBeacon](#ibeacon) - [Other noteworthy changes](#other-noteworthy-changes) - [New Integrations](#new-integrations) - [Integrations now available to set up from the UI](#integrations-now-available-to-set-up-from-the-ui) @@ -126,6 +126,19 @@ a simple ESP32 device. Oh! Bonus: the Bluetooth performance has been improved too! Especially local Bluetooth adapters should be quite a bit faster. 🚀 +## Support for iBeacons + +This release also adds support for iBeacons. These are Bluetooth-enabled devices +that send out identifiers to announce their location. Home Assistant can +now pick those up and show an approximate distance to such an iBeacon. + +iBeacons can open up a lot of awesome use cases for automations. For example, +you could attach an iBeacon to your car, so you'll know the car is at home. Or, +on the trashcan and use it to determine if the garbage is still sitting in the +garage on pick-up day and send out a notification. + +[Read more about iBeacons in our documentation](/integrations/ibeacon). + ## Finding the right integration Recently we [introduced "Supported brands"](/blog/2022/08/03/release-20228/#finding-the-integration-supporting-your-device),