Tracking RSSI of watch in background & Alert

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Created Sep ’20

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For App I am building, I need to keep tracking RSSI strength of watch even when app is in background on watch in any stage & ping an alert if RSSI drops from certain level.
Any best supported approach for the same ?

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DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Sep ’20

RSSI on which interface?

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Jag666 OP

Sep ’20

RSSI from watch app,

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Answer 3

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Sep ’20

An app does not have an RSSI. The RSSI is a property of a radio interface. Which radio interface are you concerned with?

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Jag666 OP

Sep ’20

RSSI of watchOS. Idea is to get RSSI strength between watch & mobile , where watch as CBPeripheral

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Answer 5

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Sep ’20

Idea is to get RSSI strength between watch & mobile

The watch and phone can communicate over both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Which one are you concerned with?

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Answer 6

SebAdmin OP

Sep ’20

With app that's on a user's Apple Watch that is paired to an iPhone with the same app one it, we're currently using RSSI strength to calculate the approximate distance. When the app is on we can track RSSI to alert a paired iPhone.

However, we currently are not able to track RSSI when the watch app is in the background or in an idle state to notify or alert a user.

Is there a way that we can maintain the RSSI connection between the watch and the phone if:

the app is not open on the users watch or phone?
the watch is in idle mode?
the user never opened the app can we establish and maintain an RSSI connection?

Thanks,
Sebs

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