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Can the Pixel phones do the UWB finding like iPhones can where they tell you it’s 10.7 feet to your left? Or is this more like the older iPhones where it simpl
by MBCook 3y ago
Can the Pixel phones do the UWB finding like iPhones can where they tell you it’s 10.7 feet to your left?
Or is this more like the older iPhones where it simply tells you if you’re getting closer or further away?
- kelnos 3y agoBased on the mockups and description in the article, it seems like it's the latter, unfortunately. If it did the UWB thing, I'm sure Google would have prominently pointed that out.
- MBCook 3y agoThat’s what I was afraid of. It’s nice that AirTags can tell if they’re at home or whatever. But they got so much better with UWB on the phone for pinpoint locating. Hopefully they’ll add that in the future.
- lxgr 3y agoUWB (at least as used by Apple, i.e. without using angle-of-arrival techniques) only provides precise distance as well. The rest is done on the iPhone using ARKit and trilateration. Since Android supports UWB [1] (depending on the device of course), I don't see why they couldn't support the same feature. [1] https://source.android.com/docs/core/connect/uwb https://source.android.com/docs/core/connect/uwb