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What is the realistic everyday use case for this?
by nemodmarg 8y ago
What is the realistic everyday use case for this?
- shamas 8y agoIt can be used to access a company's own hardware.
- stirlo 8y agoConfiguring a Fitbit directly from their website?
- mrweasel 8y agoOr just uploading fitness data from a device that's not paired with a phone.
- codingdave 8y agoMaybe not a wide use case, but the first thing that comes to mind is for people who work outside an office (law enforcement, for example) to collect data on their device as they do their job, then have a way to upload it into a web app when they return to the office, and not be sending it over a more public network while in the field.
- spreiti 8y agoNot a use case per se but, I think it could be useful in combination with Progressive Web Apps (which can work without an internet connection) to control bluetooth devices without installing an App.
- zawerf 8y agoPairing your phone with your pc for realtime inputs w/o going through internet. For example https://www.airconsole.com/ https://www.airconsole.com/ turns your phone into a gamepad for multiplayer browser games. But I think they are using web sockets or webrtc right now which is kind of silly when everyone is in the same room looking at the same browser.
- KrishnaAnaril 8y agoAirconsole is awesome and it's a very innovative idea. This will really help them to reduce the data usage.
- IshKebab 8y agoThe physical web - you can now interact with physical devices using your phone (or laptop I guess?) via BLE. Importantly, the devices don't need network connections (which is a pain).
- Already__Taken 8y agoIt might be nice if My PC knows my phone is there a notification doesn't need to buzz my phone too.
- zurn 8y agoYou can browse Hacker News with it.