9 comments

  • luma 6 minutes ago
    If you have multiple fixed BLE receivers, you can do full trilateration. This project integrates into Home Assistant using HA proxy BLE receivers to track phones moving around in your house: https://github.com/agittins/bermuda
  • stuaxo 44 minutes ago
    20 years ago I meant to write something like this, but so friends could find each other nearby in places like clubs.
  • ruskyhacker 1 hour ago
    I thought unless an android or iPhone is beaconing, it only broadcasts ble on device wake?

    Maybe I'm misremembering, but for example my esphome proxies in HA will show nothing for ages at night while my phone isn't being interacted with.

    If the phone is lost, it's probably not super awake lol

  • HelloUsername 1 hour ago
    Post inspired by "Lost my phone at the office. Claude suggested tracking Bluetooth signal strength" 07.aug.2026 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49215786 215 comments ?
  • glenjamin 54 minutes ago
    Weirdly Apple seems to have something like this built-in for finding an apple TV remote - but the same flow doesn't appear to be launchable for any other device
    • mschuster91 47 minutes ago
      It works for newer AirTags as well, this isn't BLE based but Ultra Wideband.

      That's an entirely different technology, and if you look at it from an RF lens, a highly impressive one.

  • bouk 37 minutes ago
    Bluetooth now has something that does this more accurately on a protocol level: https://www.bluetooth.com/learn-about-bluetooth/feature-enha...
  • ranger_danger 33 minutes ago
    Seems to be macOS only.
  • ck2 1 hour ago
    Now turn it into a pervert-glasses detector and tracker

    Make your phone alert when one walks into a room within several meters