Re: Web Bluetooth Scanning Draft Community Group Report, 20 August 2019

On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 12:49 AM dhruv metha <
dhruv.metha@leanovatesolutions.com> wrote:

>
> Dear Sir/Ma'am,
>
> Hope you're doing well!
> We had a few questions regarding the Web bluetooth scanning APIs and its
> release.
> I'm scoping the project as the architect and would love to hear from you.
> Thanks in advance
>
> 1. Would the APIs be able to scan for advertising bluetooth beacons
>

Yes, that is the purpose of this API.


> 2. What would be the release date/timeline of the scanning APIs?
>

The API is under development in Chromium. There is currently no timeline
for a stable release.


> 3. Is this web standard that all the browsers would implement?
>

The specification is available for all browsers to implement. Currently
only Chromium has expressed interest in implementing.


> 4. Is there an alpha/beta version out there to play around with?
>

The API is available in Chrome 79.0.3916.3 and later (installing
dev-channel is recommended) when
the chrome://flags/#enable-experimental-web-platform-features flag is
enabled.


> Thanks and Regards,
> Dhruv Metha
>