Hey! I talked to our Android lead about what beacons are like in 2018 and here’s what he said:

“In theory, yes you can have a custom dashboard to run beacons.

To do this, you need to build a backend and develop an app to run as a middle ground between the backend and the beacon.

However, you’ll need a mobile app syncing with a beacon via bluetooth and the backend via internet. Most apps using beacons run the admin part within the app itself. For example: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.location.beacon.beacontools

And a third-party app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.accent_systems.ibks_config_tool&hl=en

Android 4.4 has the Nearby app syncing beacons and Google Cloud. And since Google launched its own beacon profile — Eddystone, it created a complete ecosystem for beacon management which I think is more appropriate than collecting telemetry via some web dashboard.”