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From: Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Ultra Wide Band?
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:52:55 -0000 (UTC)
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Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
> On 2024-04-20 18:49, Cameo wrote:
>> Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
>>> On 2024-04-19 16:34, Cameo wrote:
>>>> Supposedly the new iPhones have the new UWB built in, but I haven't
>>>> found it anywhere in the Setup. Anybody has?
>>> 
>>> As other point out, it's either on or off depending on Airplane mode.
>>> 
>>> UWB (in iPhones, etc.) is an Apple feature for high data rate transfers
>>> and ranging functions.  It's sort of a "back office" function that the
>>> user doesn't need to worry about much.
>>> 
>>> (To date it's not clear to me if it's actually used for data transfer in
>>> Apple devices).
>>> 
>> 
>> That’s it: how do I know UWB is on? I have a feeling Android phones show it
>> with little icon on the top 5 mm  of the screen the way they used to
>> indicate if 3G or 4G/LTE was being used. Apple likes to keep us in the
>> dark, sp it seems.
> 
> I don't know about Android in this sense but I'd be very surprised.
> This is a "back office" function.
> 
> If the phone has it (see model no.) and you're not in Airplane Mode, 
> then it is on.

Then it’s on … Provided that the network provider has a near antenna to
broadcast UWB. We need to see some indication of that so we can see the
difference in data speed when it exists and when it does not.