Levi’s Stadium app makes use of Aruba beacons to help 49ers fans get around

The new Levi’s Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers, is deploying new wireless beacon technology to help fans use a special stadium navigation app on their smartphones and other devices.

The beacon signals, which have been in use since Aug. 2, run over Bluetooth Low Energy (4.0) and are being used in conjunction with the 68,500-seat stadium’s vast Wi-Fi and switching infrastructure.

“We were able to blaze new ground and create a platform that gave our fans the experience of a personal game day command center in the palm of their hands,” said Dan Williams, the football team’s vice president of technology, in a statement.

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