Several companies have informed us that Estimote is no longer responding to enquiries about purchasing their beacons. It appears they are now more focused on promoting and selling their UWB (Ultra Wideband) tags instead.
This shift is unfortunate for companies that have integrated their solutions with Estimote’s beacons, SDK, and platform. Estimote’s approach, which involves manufacturing their own custom hardware and restricting their platform to only work with their own beacons, means there is no direct replacement for their older products.
However, if your application doesn’t rely on the Estimote SDK and simply detects iBeacon advertisements using the standard Bluetooth libraries available in iOS and Android, then you are not tied to Estimote’s hardware. In such cases, you are free to use any iBeacon. For more details, please refer to our post regarding beacon compatibility.
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