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Beacon Hound – BLE Device Scanner

Beacon Hound detects your BLE Devices (Beacons). View on maps and dashboards.

PeopleTray Pty Ltd · com.BeaconHound.Client

Not rated yet 100+ downloads v2.1.1 18 MB Android 8.1+ PEGI 3 · Everyone

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At a glance

Latest version
v2.1.1 (17)
Updated
May 19, 2024 (2 years ago)
APK size
18 MB
Requires
Android 8.1+ (API 27)
CPU support
ARM 32-bit, ARM 64-bit
Category
Business (app)
Listed since
Nov 4, 2020 (at least)
Permissions
13 (6 sensitive)
Website
peopletray.com
Developer contact
[email protected]

About this APK

Beacon Hound – BLE Device Scanner is an app by PeopleTray Pty Ltd in the Business category, listed since at least November 2020. It includes native code for ARM 32-bit and ARM 64-bit, so it runs on practically every phone.

It asks for 13 permissions, 6 of them sensitive, including precise location, location in the background and approximate location.

What's new in v2.1.1

Updated Android SDK and Location Permissions

Description

From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.

Register your Beacons (BLE Devices) in the in the PeopleTray cloud application, then use Beacon Hound to scan for devices to track the location of people working in the vicinity of your Beacons. This is useful for businesses that wish to confirm the presence of workers and contractors in locations of interest, including calculating the amount of time spent in each location. Can also be used to detect the presence of people in hazardous locations. Beacon Hound has several features that differentiate it from other BLE scanning Apps. 1. When tracking, Beacon Hounds sends signals to the PeopleTray database to indicate the App is ON and is in tracking mode. This is useful to confirm the App is on and tracking in situation where no Beacons are being detected. 2. Beacon Hound records the detection of multiple Beacons (up to three), recording the Beacons that have the strongest signals. This allows you use a mix of long range (for example 100 metres) and short range (12 metres) Beacons where the long range Beacons detect presence in a large area, whereas the presence in rooms of special interest is indicated by the shorter range Beacons. 3. Beacon Hound includes a built-in interface to send detections to the PeopleTray cloud database (www.peopletray.com) for maps and reporting. Please contact PeopleTray if you would like to link Beacon Hound to a different database. Beacon Hound can be used to detect the BLE Devices without any set up, always sorting the detected Beacons by signal strength. But the real power is in registering your Beacons, placing them in known locations and using the PeopleTray reporting tools to verify and analyse visits to those locations.

Security & authenticity

Security rating: Unknown

Signing certificate

  • Certificate with Google's generic name Google Play App Signing gives the keys it manages this name, but anyone can put it in a certificate, so this alone proves nothing.

Store checks and file details

  • Developer signature not checked yet May 19, 2024
  • Antivirus scan result not available
  • Signed byCN=Android, OU=Android, O=Google Inc., L=Mountain View, ST=California, C=US
  • Signing certificate (SHA-1)D1:8B:F4:B4:09:BC:9B:40:55:CE:B7:AB:6F:EC:2A:21:BB:2C:01:5C
  • File MD5de95b97771aaeeeb56c526402815a694
  • Uploaded by “appupdater” Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020

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Permissions (13)

Beacon Hound – BLE Device Scanner requests 13 permissions, 6 of them sensitive.

Required hardware & features

Beacon Hound – BLE Device Scanner APK: questions and answers

Can I install this APK over the version I already have?

Only if it is signed with the same certificate as the copy on your phone and isn't an older version. If Android says “App not installed”, the certificates differ; uninstalling your copy first works but deletes its data unless it is backed up.

Is the Beacon Hound – BLE Device Scanner APK safe?

No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Unknown. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is de95b97771aaeeeb56c526402815a694.

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