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Re:Apple Notification Center Service (ANCS) by MBCook on Saturday September 21, 2013 @06:10PM (#6424798)
My impression was the beacons were passive. Even if they aren't, I'm not sure why my notifications would need to be sent to it.

I think this sounds suspiciously useful for iOS in the Car [1]

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_in_the_Car

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Re:Apple Notification Center Service (ANCS) by gonzo on Saturday September 21, 2013 @08:52PM (#6425289)
> Siri: Eyes Free mode – for eyes-free and hands-free operation.

HFP already works with iOS

> Satellite navigation (Satnav).

this is interesting, but is more likely built on top of an existing GATT profile, such as L&N

https://developer.bluetooth.org/gatt/profiles/Pages/ProfileV...

> Telephony instruction and control.

HFP works to some extent. PBAP is part of this.

> Music control.

AVRCP 1.4 already works (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3647)

> iMessage control and response.

MAP already works for this

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Re:Apple Notification Center Service (ANCS) by wootest on Sunday September 22, 2013 @02:08PM (#6427352)
Beacons are passive. They have an ID and you're supposed to know what that ID means by some other band of communication or intrinsic knowledge.

I can't find a use case for telling the Mona Lisa that you have a dentist appointment or a pending call. You will probably have to pair with the device to get ANCS to start relaying notifications; iBeacons couldn't work if they had to require pairing.

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Re:Apple Notification Center Service (ANCS) by mrpippy on Sunday September 22, 2013 @03:23PM (#6427635)
No, the whole point of iOS in the Car is that the iPhone is rendering the GUI. The car head unit is just displaying that UI, sending touch events back to the iPhone, and sending audio to/from the iPhone.

It was pretty clear from the WWDC presentation what ANCS is designed for: smartwatches and other "companion" BLE devices

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Re:Apple Notification Center Service (ANCS) by notatoad on Saturday September 21, 2013 @06:35PM (#6424889)
Oh, yeah. I was thinking "notifications" as just an arbitrary message passing mechanism, not as actual OS notifications. beacons probably don't make sense.
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