- Please confirm that Estimote beacons can be used with both mobile apps as well as with mobile wallet passes?
Confirmed.
- Please tell me what an Apple phone and/or Android phone must have configured on or off for a beacon to detect it and send a push notification?
Bluetooth needs to be on, the application (Apple Wallet app in case of wallet passes) must be allowed to show notifications, and to access Location Services.
- Will a beacon detect a mobile phone and send a push notification if all of 2 above is set properly even though the user has NOT downloaded an app or a Pass onto his/her phone?
No.
- Will a beacon detect a mobile phone and send a push notification if all of 2 above is set properly AND the user has downloaded a mobile wallet (Apple Pay or Android Pay or Google Wallet or Samsung Pay) yet has not downloaded one of our passes that work off of the mobile wallet platform?
No.
However, you might want to look into Physical Web and Eddystone-URL beacon format. Google Chrome, if installed on the user’s device, and the user has enabled Physical Web, will show URLs broadcast by the Eddystone-URL beacons. It could be a URL pointing to a web site, but also to a mobile pass, or to an app. It’s the best way to use beacons to surface content that the user might be interested in, without them having to pre-install an app or a pass.
You can read more about Google Chrome’s support for Physical Web here:
Estimote Proximity and Location Beacons are fully compatible with Eddystone-URL and Physical Web.