One of the new chips in this year crop of iPhones is the U1; it provides Ultra Wideband (UWB) connectivity that, in conjunction with Internet of Things (IoT) technology, could offer a myriad of new services for enterprises and consumers.As Apple puts it, UWB technology offers &spatial awareness" & the ability for your phone to recognize its surroundings and the objects in it.
Essentially, one iPhone 11 user can point his or her phone at another and transfer a file or photo.While the technology isn't new, Apple implementation marks the first time UWB has been used in a modern smartphone.What is Ultra Wideband?UWB is a short-range, wireless communication protocol that & like Bluetooth or Wi-Fi & uses radio waves.
But it differs substantially in that IT operates at a very high frequency.
As its name denotes, it also uses a wide spectrum of several GHz.
One way to think of it is as a radar that can continuously scan an entire room and precisely lock onto an object like a laser beam to discover its location and communicate data.