Beacons

Known working

Name	Links	Notes
Android Phones		Must install an app
iPhones		Pair to retrieve IRK
Apple Watches		Use iCloud keychain to get IRK
Tiles	amazon	These work great, but update somewhat slow
Blue Charm Beacons	amazon	Configure as iBeacon or eddystone, don’t enable both at the same time
Puck-JS	espruino	If programmed to broadcast beacon packets
Generic BTLE Beacons		Anything that follows the iBeacon or Eddystone standards
musegear finder 2	musegear	Must be connected once with the associated app.
Whoop strap 3.0		Id format: name:whoop-xxxxxxx
Whoop strap 4.0		Id format: name:whoop-xxxxxxx
Amazfit Bip S	amazon
Amazfit GTS 2 Mini	amazon
Amazfit GTR 2e	amazon
Xiaomi Mi Band	amazon	Make sure discoverable is turned on

Works with caveats

Name	Notes
MiFlora plant sensor	Location only
FitBits	Only works when not connected to a phone
Xiaomi Watch	Only works when not connected to a phone
HUAWEI Band 6	Only works when not connected to a phone
HUAWEI Watch GT2	Only works when not connected to a phone
Fi Smart Dog Collar	Smart Base needs to be powered off or Collars will not beacon
Gigaset G-Tag	Only works when not connected to a phone

Known to not work

Name	Notes
Wear OS Smartwatches	Not tested
Apple AirTags	We can only count how many are currently not connected to a phone
Samsung SmartTags	Randomized mac addresses

Add to the list

If you have a different BLE-enabled piece of hardware that you have gotten to work with this project, please let us know about it! You can click the edit this page in the footer.

Table of contents