Find My and Nearby Interaction Accessory

Question

Created Oct ’24

Replies 3

Boosts 0

Participants 2

The Nearby Interaction Accessory Protocol Specification defines a lightweight, transport-agnostic, and application-level protocol that facilitates configuring, starting, and maintaining an Ultra Wideband (UWB) ranging session between an accessory and an Apple device. **An app on a supported UWBenabled Apple device is required in order to allow users to set up, configure, and use their accessories.

Does this app need us to develop?

Can I use the Find My app to add my accessories and use the UWB high-precision lookup feature?

Answered by Engineer in 809705022

Find My and Nearby Interaction are related but separate frameworks.

For Nearby Interaction, you will need an app of your own.

To be able to interact with your device with the Find My app, you need to connect to the Find My network for which you need to first join the MFi Program

Argun Tekant /  DTS Engineer / Core Technologies

Boost

Answer 1

Engineer OP

Apple

Oct ’24

Accepted Answer

Find My and Nearby Interaction are related but separate frameworks.

For Nearby Interaction, you will need an app of your own.

To be able to interact with your device with the Find My app, you need to connect to the Find My network for which you need to first join the MFi Program

Argun Tekant /  DTS Engineer / Core Technologies

0

Answer 2

Clever_Huang OP

Oct ’24

Ok, thanks for your reply. I've joined MFi Program and my accessories are connected to the findmy network. But after that, do I have to develop my own app to be able to use the UWB features of my accessories? Why can't i just use this Find My app like an airtag?

0

Answer 3

Engineer OP

Apple

4w

UWB (Nearby Interaction) and Find My are related but different frameworks.

You can use the UWB features when your accessory is nearby using the Nearby Interaction framework.

For your accessory to be located from within the Find My app like an AirTag, then you need to be part of the Find My network. If you have questions about that, please contact your MFi representative, as these public forums are not a suitable environment for discussing MFi topics.

0