I would like to buy a smartwatch that generate iBeacon to use it to track my room presence through ESPresense, any low cost suggestion?
Hi,
late but here are my results.
I have an Garmin Epix (gen 2) other Models work similar.
It does not have an iBeacon but can be tacked with espresence and in configuration.yaml
- platform: mqtt_room
device_id: garmin:*ID*
name: "Epix"
But an smartwatch connected to the phone don’t transmit the advertisement. You must disable Bluetooth on your phone then the watch is “visible”
here i found an old statement from Garmin
https://forums.garmin.com/developer/connect-iq/f/discussion/207/suggestion-ibeacon-support-for-home-automation
Hope that helps